Patent ID: 8495841

Claim:
A window assembly for a vehicle, said window assembly comprising: a frame configured to mount to a vehicle; a fixed window panel affixed to a portion of said frame; a movable window assembly comprising a movable window panel circumscribed by a movable frame, said movable frame having opposite end frame members and a pair of slide rail members, wherein said movable window assembly is movable relative to said fixed window panel and said frame between an opened position and a closed position; wherein said slide rail members are slidably received in respective channels along opposite portions of said frame; wherein each of said slide rail members comprises a co-extruded slide rail of unitary or one-piece construction comprising (a) a semi-rigid or rigid rail portion, (b) a flexible window seal co-extruded with said rail portion for sealing against said movable window panel and (c) a flexible sliding seal co-extruded with said rail portion for slidably engaging said opposite portions of said frame when said movable window assembly is assembled to said frame and is moved between said opened and closed positions; wherein said flexible window seal engages and seals against said movable window panel when an edge region of said movable window panel is at least partially received at said rail portion, and wherein said movable window panel and said rail portion move in tandem when said movable window assembly is moved between said opened and closed positions; and wherein said sliding seal protrudes from said rail portion of said slide rail member such that, when said rail portion of said slide rail member is at least partially received in said channel of said frame, said flexible sliding seal engages at least one wall of said channel of said frame and slides along said at least one wall of said channel when said movable window assembly is moved between said opened and closed positions.