Patent ID: 6651388
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
A follower for holding a window pane and connectable to a window lifter, the follower comprising:a pair of retaining arms disposed on opposite sides of the window pane, each of the opposite sides of the window pane having a corresponding window pane surface, each retaining arm including a stop and engageable with one of the window pane and a structural element connected to the window pane and thereby extending at least in part along a respective one of the window pane surfaces; at least one of a pivot area and a pivot axis corresponding to each retaining arm such that when the window pane is loaded with a removal force as a result of which the window pane has a tendency to slide out from the follower in a lifting direction, each retaining arm pivots about said one of a pivot area and a pivot axis such that the retaining arm exerts a force toward the respective window pane surface; and a pair of counter faces associated with the window pane wherein each stop acts in conjunction with an associated one of said counter faces to thereby prevent the window pane from sliding out of the follower in the lifting direction; wherein, for each retaining arm, the retaining arm is disposed along one side of a plane formed by the respective one of the window pane surfaces, and the corresponding at least one of a pivot area and a pivot axis is disposed on the opposite of the plane.