Patent ID: 6920719

Claim:
A combination of a fixed panel and a closure panel assembly for closing an opening defined in the fixed panel, wherein the assembly comprises: an elongated guide rail attached to the fixed panel, the guide rail including a channel; a sliding panel having an upper portion and a lower portion, and a runner attached to the upper portion of the sliding panel, the runner including an upper portion received within the channel a the guide rail for relative sliding movement within the channel, such that the sliding panel is movable between a closed position generally registered with the opening and an open position displaced in a first direction from the closed position; a seal mounted on one of the sliding panel and a periphery of the opening; and a latch operative to urge the lower portion of the sliding panel toward the fixed panel, where upon the sliding panel pivots about the upper portion of the runner to compress the seal about the periphery of the opening when the sliding panel is moved into the closed position; wherein the guide rail includes an engagement portion overhanging the upper portion of the sliding panel, and the engagement portion engaging the upper portion of the sliding panel and limiting relative pivoting movement of the lower portion of the sliding panel away from the fixed panel when the sliding panel is in the open position and the engagement portion spaced from the upper portion of the sliding panel when the sliding panel is in the closed position.