Patent ID: 7870958

Claim:
In combination with a motor vehicle window panel having an attached elongated molding of extruded plastics material, a shipping insert protecting said panel and said molding during shipping and handling, said molding including a mounting flange portion attached to an inside surface of said window panel and a lower intermediate portion projecting downwardly from and attached to a bottom edge surface of said window panel, said molding further including a bottom flange portion connected to said intermediate portion and cooperating with said intermediate portion to define a longitudinally extending cavity having an inlet gap adapted to receive a projecting fin of a vehicle panel, said shipping insert comprising a one-piece body of extruded substantially rigid material with said body including a base portion adapted to seat on a support member within a shipping container, said body of said insert further including a tongue portion spaced above said base portion and projecting through said inlet gap into said cavity, and said tongue portion engaging and supporting said intermediate portion of said body and effective to maintain said inlet gap and prevent said bottom flange portion of said molding from collapsing when said base portion is supporting the weight of said window panel and said molding mounted on said panel.