Patent ID: 8322775

Claim:
A transparent structure for use with a windscreen, comprising: a first layer including a film having a first major side, a second major side, a thickness and a perimeter edge surface; a bonding layer disposed on the first major side of said film for releaseably attaching said first layer to the windscreen; and a hard coat disposed on the second major side of said film; at least one second layer, each of said at least one second layer including a film having a first major side, a second major side, a thickness and a perimeter edge surface; a bonding layer disposed on the first major side of said at least one second layer film that releaseably attaches said at least one second layer to either another of said at least one second layer or said first layer; and a hard coat disposed on the second major side of said at least one second layer film; and wherein the perimeter edge surface of each of said at least one second layer film, against which wind-shear force may react, is less than the perimeter edge surface of said first layer film.