Patent ID: 8052088
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: B64C

Abstract:
1. A window panel adapted for installation relative to a mobile vehicle, the window panel comprising: a single piece of generally transparent injection-molded material configured to span one or more openings in the mobile vehicle, the material having an inner surface and an outer surface; and a plurality of panel attachment inserts for attaching the panel relative to a frame component of the mobile vehicle, the inserts each embedded in the material during a molding process in which the window panel is formed such that each said attachment insert is non-removable from the material once the material hardens to form the window panel, and each said attachment insert further being arranged alongside at least one edge of the window panel without any portion of the attachment insert projecting from a peripheral edge of the material; each of the attachment inserts having a proximal end and a distal end, and where at least a portion of the proximal end is exposed from said inner surface of the material and accessible after being embedded in the material, and each said distal end is covered by said outer surface of the material and inaccessible, and wherein each said proximal end is adapted to engage with an external fastener component for securing the window panel to the frame component; the window panel further comprising a curvature configured to essentially continue a curvature of the mobile vehicle surrounding the one or more openings when the window panel is installed relative to the mobile vehicle.