Patent ID: 7150126

Claim:
A window track assembly for attachment of first and second window panes ( 48 , 50 ) to an upper structural panel ( 12 ) and to a lower structural panel ( 14 ), said upper structural panel and said lower structural panel generally lying in a common vertical plane, said upper structural panel having a lower edge, said lower structural panel having an upper edge, said lower edge and said upper edge defining a window opening therebetween, the window track assembly comprising: a first window track strip ( 22 ) including a first side wall ( 26 ), a second side wall ( 28 ) and a transverse wall ( 30 ) connected therebetween which define an edge-receiving receptacle ( 32 ) having an opening facing a first direction and adapted for receiving said lower edge of said upper structural panel; a first guide track structure ( 38 , 40 , 42 ) extending transversely away from said second side wall and said first side wall ( 28 ) of said edge-receiving receptacle of said first window track strip and defining first and second window slide track receptacles ( 44 , 46 ) having openings facing a second direction opposite to said first direction; a second window track strip ( 24 ) including a first side wall ( 52 ), a second side wall ( 54 ) and a transverse wall ( 56 ) connected therebetween which define an edge-receiving receptacle ( 58 ) having an opening facing a third direction and adapted for receiving said upper edge of said lower structural panel; a second guide track structure ( 64 , 66 , 68 ) extending transversely away from said first and second side wall ( 54 ) of said edge-receiving receptacle of said second window track strip and defining first and second window slide track receptacles ( 70 , 72 ) having openings facing a fourth direction opposite said third direction; and a resilient member ( 82 ) connected to and substantially covering the entire surface of said transverse wall of said second window track strip that faces said fourth direction; whereby when said edge-receiving receptacle of said first window track strip receives said lower edge of said upper structural panel and said edge-receiving receptacle of said second window track strip receives said upper edge of said lower structural panel, said first direction and said fourth direction are the same, said second direction and said third direction are the same, and said first and second window track strips cooperate to capture and support said first and second window panes for sliding movement along said first and second guide track structures.