Patent ID: 6412225
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: B62D,E05D,E05Y

Abstract:
A vehicle window assembly for use in an opening in an upright vehicle wall, said window assembly having, in combination:a backframe adapted to be mounted in the opening in the vehicle wall and defining a generally rectangular window opening of predetermined size, said backframe having an upper side for extending along the top of the window opening; a generally rectangular egress frame smaller than said backframe to be disposed generally in said window opening and having an upper side extending along the upper side of the backframe; hinge elements on said upper sides mounting said egress frame for swinging away from the window opening to an open position; a generally rectangular window pane having unframed peripheral edges, said window pane overlying one side of said backframe and being at least as large as the backframe so as to entirely cover the same; a generally rectangular mounting frame circumferentially smaller than said window pane disposed against the window pane between the latter and said egress frame, and providing a marginal portion of the window pane around the mounting frame, said mounting frame being positioned on said window pane to lie alongside the egress frame and to be spaced from all of the edges of the window pane; an adhesive joint between said mounting frame and said window pane, securing the window pane to the mounting frame; and means securing said mounting frame to said egress frame, thereby to mount the window pane on the backframe through the egress frame to be hold normally in a closed position covering the backframe, the egress frame and the mounting frame and to be swingable into an open position with the egress frame, said means being releasable to release said mounting frame from the egress frame for replacement and service.