Patent ID: 8015762

Claim:
A window element masked for painting, comprising: a window frame connectable to a window cutout in a structural part; a retainer; a window assembly, having an inner pane, an outer pane, and an encircling sealing profile, positionable between the retainer and the window frame; fastening elements structured and arranged to clamp the window assembly on the window frame; the sealing profile having an outer inclined surface and the window frame having an inner inclined surface abutting the outer inclined surface, such that the outer inclined surface and the inner inclined surface are arranged to self-center the window assembly in the window frame; a covering layer structured and arranged to at least partly cover the outer pane; and an encircling covering tape comprising a first section that covers a border area of the covering layer and a second section that is at least sectionally positioned between the outer inclined surface of the seal profile and the inner inclined surface of the window frame.