Patent ID: 8196356

Claim:
A method of fixedly mounting a window pane in a window opening of a vehicle window frame, the method comprising the steps of: (a) mounting a window mounting bracket assembly to a vehicle structure adjacent to the window opening; (b) sliding the window pane into run channels of the vehicle window frame; (c) mounting a lower edge of the window pane onto a support surface above a window support cam of the window mounting bracket assembly; (d) rotating a cam lobe of the window support cam causing the support surface to push upward against the lower edge of the window pane until the window pane slides upward through the run channels into a fully closed position; and (e) locking the window support cam, against rotation and allowing the window pane to lower, as the window pane is lifted into the fully closed position, locking the window pane in the fully closed position by said window support cam.