Patent ID: 6137086
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: B32B,B60S,H05B

Abstract:
A window assembly for installation in a vehicle and adapted for use with at least one window wiper, comprising:a transparent panel having an inner surface and an outer surface;an obscuration band made of a layer of an opaque material applied to a portion of said panel, said opaque material defining an elongate transparent aperture in said obscuration band which is aligned with a portion of said window at which said window wiper parks when at rest; anda heating grid including a plurality of electrically conducting elements secured to said panel so that at least a first one of said electrically conducting elements is aligned with the opaque material of said obscuration band, and at least a portion of a second one of said electrically conducting elements is aligned with the elongate aperture defined by the opaque material of said obscuration band, whereby said first element is concealed from view through said outer surface of said panel and said portion of said second element is visible through said outer surface of said transparent panel.