Patent ID: 8141941

Claim:
A slidable window assembly mounted in a roof of an automotive vehicle, the roof having an opening having a forward edge opposite a rear edge, and a first side edge opposite a second side edge, the slidable window assembly comprising: a window panel having a catch, the window panel mounted to the opening of the roof and slidable between an open position wherein the opening is open, and a closed position wherein the opening is closed; and a sunshade disposed beneath the window panel and slidable between the open and closed position, the sunshade having a first surface facing the window panel, a stop mounted on the first surface, the stop including a base mounted to the first surface and extending rearwardly toward the rear edge, the base having a plurality of spikes, each of the plurality of spikes engaging the first surface of the sunshade, an elongated member having a distal end, the elongated member projecting from the base towards the window panel, a resilient bumper mounted onto the distal end of the elongated member, the catch disposed closer to the forward edge than the stop, the catch forward of the stop so as to prevent the stop from moving past the catch so as to prevent the window panel from being in the open position and the sunshade in the closed position, the catch operable to engage the bumper so as to help absorb force applied to the stop so as to drag the sunshade from the closed position to the open position when the window panel is moved from the closed position to the open position.