Patent ID: 6832457
Filing Date: 2004-12-21
Classification: B60J,E06B

Abstract:
A window assembly for use in a wall of a vehicle, comprising:a window frame mountable in the vehicle wall and defining a window opening; a window pane fitted in and substantially filling the window opening; window-retaining bars fitted in the window opening on one side of the window pane and overlying marginal portions of the pane to hold it in the window frame, said bars having detent grooves extending along said bars adjacent to the window pane; releasable couplings between said bars and said frame holding the bars in place to secure the window pane in the frame; a window liner disposed against and substantially covering said one side of the window pane and having marginal portions adjacent to said bars; and elongated, resiliently flexible liner-retaining strips having resiliently compressible anchor portions confined in said grooves and thereby releasably secured to said bars, and molding portions disposed outside said grooves and overlying said marginal portions of said liner, said molding portions being pressed against said marginal portions to hold the liner against the window pane.