Patent ID: 7735897

Claim:
A vehicle slider assembly for draining moisture near the interior of the slider assembly to the exterior of a vehicle, comprising: a fixed panel having a window opening defined therein, the window opening having an upper opening edge and a lower opening edge that are substantially parallel to each other; a frame comprising vertical frame portions, an upper horizontal frame portion, and a lower horizontal frame portion, the frame portions further defining the window opening, wherein each vertical frame portion is attached to the fixed panel and the lower horizontal frame portion has one or more frame drain holes defined therethrough, at the window opening; an upper track and a lower track, the lower track being disposed onto the lower horizontal frame portion by way of a selective application of an adhesive, wherein the adhesive is not applied to an area between the lower track and the lower horizontal frame portion where the one or more frame drain holes are disposed, the upper track positioned above and substantially parallel to the upper opening edge and the lower track positioned below and substantially parallel to the lower opening edge, wherein the upper track and the lower track each has at least one guide path defined therein; and a slider panel adapted to move between the upper track and the lower track from an open position of the window opening to a closed position of the window opening; wherein moisture accumulating on an upper portion of the lower track is drained through the frame drain holes, thereby draining the moisture to the exterior of the vehicle.