Patent ID: 8739467
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: E05F,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A guide cover that guides attachment of a window pane to a mounting bracket of a regulator assembly of a door assembly, the mounting bracket including a first portion and a second portion, a channel defined between the first and second portions, the guide cover comprising: a body operable to removably attach to the first portion of the mounting bracket to position the body in an attached position relative to the mounting bracket, the body, the mounting bracket, and the window pane operable to be moved as a unit by the regulator assembly with the body in the attached position; and a guide surface included on the body, the guide surface and the second portion of the mounting bracket defining an opening into the channel when the body is in the attached position, the guide surface operable to guide the window pane through the opening into the channel, wherein the body includes a first side wall, a second side wall, a top covering wall, and an exterior wall that cooperate to define a pocket that receives the first portion of the mounting bracket therein, the exterior wall including a resiliently deflectable member that resiliently deflects to allow the guide cover to advance over and to removably attach to a projection of the first portion of the mounting bracket that extends across a width of the channel; and the resiliently deflectable member includes a recess that receives the projection of the first portion of the mounting bracket to retain the body in the attached position relative to the mounting bracket.