Patent ID: 7823832

Claim:
A window panel system for use in a mobile vehicle, the panel system comprising first and second pieces of generally transparent injection-molded material each having a shape and size to span one or more openings in the mobile vehicle, the material of each of the first and second pieces having a surface configured to be generally continuous with an exterior surface of the mobile vehicle, the material surface having a curvature configured to generally continue a curvature of the exterior mobile vehicle surface; each of the first and second pieces having first and second ends configured to abut first and second support members of the mobile vehicle such that the first and second ends fit substantially flush with the exterior mobile vehicle surface; each of the first and second pieces having an inner surface and an outer surface; and each of the first and second pieces having a third end fitting substantially flush, and in abutting contact, with the third end of the other one of the first and second pieces of the window panel system of the mobile vehicle, to place the first and second pieces in a side-by-side, non-overlapping orientation, and to continue the exterior mobile vehicle surface curvature; a splice fitting shaped to overlay portions of the inner surfaces of the third ends of the first and second pieces, and secured adjacent to the third ends, to hold the third ends of the first and second pieces in abutting relationship with one another without protruding between the third ends; a seal interposed between the splice fitting and the third ends; and a third member secured to the splice fitting for supporting the splice fitting.