Patent ID: 7464660

Claim:
A windshield assembly for a covered vessel, the windshield assembly comprising: a windshield including at least a first section and a second section securable at a bottom to a hull of the vessel and at a top to a vessel cover; and a door section securable to the vessel and being substantially contiguous with the windshield, the door section including a door frame pivotably attached between the first and second sections of the windshield and pivotable on a non-vertical axis extending along a line between the hull and the vessel cover between a closed position and an open position, and a door panel mounted in the door frame, wherein the door panel includes a movable panel defining a selectively vented opening, the movable panel comprising a handle mechanism securing the movable panel in at least one position between a vent closed position and a vent open position regardless of a position of the door frame, wherein the handle mechanism comprises a pair of locking rods selectively engageable with the door frame, and an actuator box including cam surfaces cooperable with the locking rods to retract the locking rods from the door frame when the actuator box is displaced in a first direction, the actuator box being biased toward a second direction, opposite from the first direction, by a spring, wherein the actuator box is sized for one-hand operation.