Patent ID: 7604280

Claim:
An arrangement for locating a glass pane in a window opening in a passenger compartment of an automotive vehicle comprising: a flange set back from an outer surface of the passenger compartment by a rim of a selected depth; an adhesive bead on the flange adhering the glass pane to the flange with the glass pane having a top edge spaced from the rim and extending beyond the adhesive bead; and at least one spacer of foam material disposed between and in contact with both the adhesive bead and the rim, the at least one spacer having; a first portion disposed beneath the glass pane and abutting the adhesive bead along substantially an entire thickness of the first portion; a second portion extending away from the flange and having a thickness substantially equal to a desired gap between the top edge of the glass pane and the rim; wherein the second portion is disposed between the top edge of the glass pane and the rim so that the top edge of the glass pane is spaced from the rim by the second portion; wherein the second portion abuts the rim and only one edge of the glass pane so as to establish a gap between the top edge of the glass pane and the rim; wherein the thickness of the second portion is substantially uniform along a thickness of the top edge of the glass pane; and a third portion connecting the first portion and the second portion to facilitate tearing away the second portion after the adhesive bead is cured so that a presence of the spacer is not visible in the gap.