Patent ID: 9216635
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A windshield assembly for use with a windshield mask having an inner portion with a free end, a middle portion, and an outer portion, the assembly comprising: a windshield having an outer perimeter; a molding comprising a windshield receiving portion, a windshield mask opening, and a body positioned between the windshield receiving portion and the windshield mask opening, the windshield receiving portion extending around the outer perimeter of the windshield and mounted thereto, the windshield mask opening configured for receiving the free end of the windshield mask in a mechanically locking manner, wherein the molding has a primary lip seal extending from an outer portion of the windshield receiving portion, wherein the molding has a secondary lip seal and a tertiary lip seal, both of which extend outwardly from the body of the molding between the windshield receiving portion and the windshield mask opening in a direction opposite the windshield, the secondary lip seal extending further from the body of the molding than the tertiary lip seal, and the tertiary lip seal configured such that the tertiary lip seal does not engage the windshield mask after the molding is installed on the windshield mask, and wherein the primary lip seal is configured to contact the outer portion of the windshield mask, the secondary lip seal is configured to contact the middle portion of the windshield mask, and the tertiary lip seal is configured to extend toward the middle portion of the windshield mask when the free end of the windshield mask is received into the windshield mask opening.