Patent ID: 7661626

Claim:
A window assembly of an aircraft fuselage comprising: a first transparent panel disposed adjacent to an opening in the aircraft fuselage; a second transparent panel disposed within the opening of the aircraft fuselage; a first retainer member having a trough and a plurality of holes extending through a surface of the first retainer member into the trough; a second retainer member having a plurality of tabs; and a plurality of disconnected flexible clip members disposed in the trough of the first retainer member, wherein each flexible clip member has an extended position in which the flexible clip member is disposed in the trough and a portion of the flexible clip member extends through one of the holes against one of the tabs so that the second retainer member locks the second transparent panel in place within the opening, and each flexible clip member has a retracted position in which the flexible clip member is disposed in the trough and the portion of the flexible clip member is flexibly retracted apart from the one tab into the one hole to allow the second retainer member and the second transparent panel to be removed from the opening from outside the aircraft fuselage.