Glazing window or windscreen openings, particularly in vehicle bodies

Claim 2

A window assembly in which a glass panel is secured with the aid of an adhesive to a rebate having a back wall and a peripheral wall and defining an opening in which the glass is fitted, wherein the edge of the glass panel is surrounded by a trim strip of flexible plastics material comprising a channel portion having front and rear walls spaced apart by a base portion to embrace the edge of the glass and a front strip portion which extends from the edge of said front wall of the channel portion and overlies said front wall and projects beyond the base of the channel, said front strip portion being free to flex away from said front wall of the channel about its junction with said edge of said front wall and a zone along the free edge of said front strip portion comprising a lip portion which is so dimensioned and shaped and is made of a material which is softer and of a more flexible nature than that of the remainder of the front strip portion that, when pressure is applied against said free edge, the lip portion will flex or bend relative to the remainder of the front strip portion more readily than said front strip portion flexes about its junction with the front wall of the channel portion of the strip, with its channel portion embracing the edge of the glass panel and said lip portion pressing against the peripheral wall of the rebate.

Claim 3

A window assembly according to claim 1, further characterised in that the rear wall of the channel portion is of less depth than said front wall, and the adhesive is applied to the back of the glass around a zone which is hidden behind said front channel wall and said front strip portion.

Claim 4

An assembly according to claim 1, wherein the peripheral wall of the rebate is disposed substantially perpendicular to the back wall thereof, and the lip portion is folded to a V-shaped cross-section and presses against said peripheral wall.

Claim 5

An assembly according to claim 1, wherein the peripheral wall of the rebate extends at an obtuse angle to the back wall thereof.

Claim 6

A window assembly trim strip of flexible plastics material comprising: a. a channel portion having a front channel wall with a top edge and a rear channel wall with a top edge, said front and rear channel walls being spaced apart by a base portion such that said channel portion can embrace the edge of a pane of glass with said front channel wall lying against the front surface of the glass and the rear channel wall lying against the rear surface of the glass; b. a front strip portion having one edge united to said top edge of said front channel wall and forming a hinge junction therewith, and having its other edge free, said front strip portion being wider than the depth of said front channel wall and extending from said top edge of the front channel wall to overlie said front channel wall with its said other free edge projecting beyond the base of said channel portion; c. said front strip portion being connected to said channel portion only by said hinge junction and being free to flex away from said front channel wall about said hinge junction; d. said free edge of said front strip portion being free to stretch sufficiently to enable the trim strip to be bent around the corner of the glass without buckling said hinge junction edge of said front strip portion; e. and a strip of metal foil adjacent to the front surface of said front strip portion and covered by a transparent protective layer.

Claim 7

A window assembly trim strip of flexible plastics material comprising: a. a channel portion having a front channel wall with a top edge and a rear channel wall with a top edge, said front and rear channel walls being spaced apart by a base portion such that said channel portion can embrace the edge of a pane of glass with said front channel wall lying against the front surface of the glass and the rear channel wall lying against the rear surface of the glass; b. a front strip portion having one edge united to said top edge of said front channel wall and forming a hinge junction therewith, and having its other edge free, said front strip portion being wider than the depth of said front channel wall and extending from said top edge of the front channel wall to overlie said front channel wall with its said other free edge projecting beyond the base of said channel portion; c. said front strip portion being connected to said channel portion only by said hinge junction and being free to flex away from said front channel wall about said hinge junction; d. said free edge of said front strip portion being free to stretch sufficiently to enable the trim strip to be bent around the corner of the glass without buckling said hinge junction edge of said front strip portion; e. and a strip of metal foil adjacent to the front surface of said front strip portion and covered by a transparent protective layer.

Claim 8

A trim strip according to claim 5 wherein a zone along the free edge of said front strip portion comprises a lip portion which is so dimensioned and shaped and is made of a material which is softer and of a more flexible nature than that of the remainder of the front strip portion that, when pressure is applied against said free edge, the lip portion will flex or bend relative to the remainder of the front strip portion more readily than said front strip portion flexes about its junction with the front wall of the channel portion of the strip.

Claim 9

a trim strip according to claim 6 wherein said lip is provided with at least one groove extending therealong.

Claim 10

A trim strip according to claim 6 wherein said lip portion tapers towards a thin free edge.

Claim 11

A trim strip according to claim 6 wherein said lip portion includes a front surface and a back surface and wherein at least one of the front and back surfaces of said lip portion has a hollow configuration.

Claim 12

A trim strip according to claim 5, wherein the front surface of said front strip portion is of shallow convex configuration.

Claim 13

A trim strip according to claim 5, wherein said strip of metal foil is bonded to the front surface of said front strip portion and covered by a protective layer.

Claim 14

A trim strip according to claim 5, wherein said strip of metal foil is imbedded in said front strip portion.

Claim 15

A trim strip according to claim 5, wherein said front channel wall is deeper than said rear channel wall.