Patent ID: 9233734
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: B63B,E05F

Claim Text:
1. A sliding window assembly for a boat including a boat roof with a basin for receiving the sliding window assembly, the sliding window assembly comprising: a window frame secured in the basin; a component box housing operating parts for the sliding window assembly; and a window operatively coupled with the window frame and displaceable on the window frame between an open position and as closed position, wherein the operating parts are cooperable with the window to facilitate displacement of the window, the operating parts including a carriage assembly connected to the window and engaged with the window frame, a counterbalance connected to the carriage assembly and biasing the window toward the open position, and a motor driving a drive cable to which the carriage assembly is connected, wherein the carriage assembly comprises a safety release assembly that detaches the drive cable from the window while keeping the counterbalance connected to the carriage assembly, wherein the safety release assembly includes an upper block, a lower block and a connecting plate, the upper and lower blocks being displaceable in a track in the window frame, wherein the connecting plate is fixed to the window and connected to the upper and lower blocks, and wherein the drive cable is secured to one of the upper and lower blocks, and wherein the counterbalance is mounted to the other of the upper and lower blocks, the connecting plate being selectively releasable from the upper or lower block that is secured to the drive cable to thereby disconnect the motor from the carriage assembly.