Patent ID: 8632120

Claim:
A vehicle emergency egress assembly, comprising: at least one transparent armor assembly being disposable in a vehicle window frame and including an armor assembly frame that supports at least one transparent armor pane; and a latch mechanism, the latch mechanism being selectively operable by a vehicle occupant for effecting release of the at least one transparent armor assembly, such release permitting shifting of the at least one transparent armor assembly from the vehicle window frame to define an egress portal and the latch mechanism having an engaging member movable within a plane generally parallel to the vehicle window frame between an engaging position in which a portion of the engaging portion overlaps with the vehicle window frame to retain the at least one transparent armor assembly within the vehicle window frame and a disengaged position in which the engaging portion is positioned out of alignment with the vehicle window frame to permit removal of the transparent armor assembly from the vehicle window frame, the latch mechanism also having a shiftable member for selectively moving the engaging member along an axis generally transverse to a plane parallel to the vehicle window frame for accommodating a plurality of varying transparent armor assembly to vehicle window frame relationships.