Method for installing a window in a vehicle body

Claim 1

A METHOD FOR INSTALLING A WINDOW IN A VEHICLE BODY HAVING AN L-SHAPED FLANGE DEFINING A WINDOW OPENING IN THE BODY, THE FLANGE HAVING A BASE PORTION EXTENDING INWARDLY OF SAID VEHICLE BODY AND A LEG PORTION UPSTANDING FROM THE INWARD END OF SAID BASE PORTION AND PROJECTING INTO THE SAID WINDOW OPENING WHICH COMPRISES, (A) LOCATING A WINDOW IN POSITION TO OBTURATE THE WINDOW OPENING WITH MARGINAL PORTIONS OF A VIEWING SURFACE OF THE WINDOW OVERLYING AND IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE LEG PORTION OF THE FLANGE, DIRECTLY OF THROUGH IN INTERPOSED INTERNAL TRIM MEANS AND WITH THE PERPHERAL EDGE SURFACE OF THE WINDOW SUPPORTED PARALLEL TO AND SPACED FROM THE BASE PORTION OF THE FLANGE; (B) POSITIONING A PREFORMED STRIP OF TACKY, DEFORMABLE, HEAT CURABLE SYNTHETIC POLYMERIC MATERIAL BETWEEN THE BASE PORTION OF THE FLANGE AND THE PERIPHERAL EDGE SURFACE OF THE WINDOW WITH THE MATERIAL IN ADHESIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PERIPHERAL EDGE SURFACE OF THE WINDOW AND THE BASE PORTION OF THE FLANGE, AND (C) WHILE MAINTAINING THE WINDOW IN ADHERED RELATION SHIP TO SAID FLANGE, HEATING THE 0019 STRIP MATERIAL TO INITATE CURING THEREOF TO A RESILIENT STATE.

Claim 2

A METHOD FOR INSTALLING A WINDOW IN A VEHICLE BODY HAVING AN L-SHAPED FLANGE DEFINING A WINDOW OPENING IN THE BODY, THE FLANGE HAVING A BASE PORTION EXTENDING INWARDLY OF SAID VEHICLE BODY AND A LEG PORTION UPSTANDING FROM THE INWARD END OF SAID BASE PORTION AND PROJECTING INTO THE SAID WINDOW OPENING WHICH COMPRISES, (A) LOCATING A WINDOW IN POSITION TO OBTURATE THE WINDOW OPENING WITH MARGINAL PORTIONS OF A VIEWING SURFACE OF THE WINDOW OVERLYING AND IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE LEG PORTION OF THE FLANGE, DIRECTLY OF THROUGH IN INTERPOSED INTERNAL TRIM MEANS AND WITH THE PERPHERAL EDGE SURFACE OF THE WINDOW SUPPORTED PARALLEL TO AND SPACED FROM THE BASE PORTION OF THE FLANGE; (B) POSITIONING A PREFORMED STRIP OF TACKY, DEFORMABLE, HEAT CURABLE SYNTHETIC POLYMERIC MATERIAL BETWEEN THE BASE PORTION OF THE FLANGE AND THE PERIPHERAL EDGE SURFACE OF THE WINDOW WITH THE MATERIAL IN ADHESIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PERIPHERAL EDGE SURFACE OF THE WINDOW AND THE BASE PORTION OF THE FLANGE, AND (C) WHILE MAINTAINING THE WINDOW IN ADHERED RELATION SHIP TO SAID FLANGE, HEATING THE 0019 STRIP MATERIAL TO INITATE CURING THEREOF TO A RESILIENT STATE.

Claim 3

A method for installing a window in a vehicle body having an L-shaped flange defining a window opening in the body, the flange having a base portion extending inwardly of said vehicle body and a leg portion upstanding from the inward end of said base portion and projecting into the said window opening which comprises, (a) locating a window in position to obturate the window opening with marginal portions of a viewing surface of the window overlying and in engagement with the leg portion of the flange, directly or through an interposed internal trim means and with the peripheral edge surface of the window supported parallel to and spaced from the base portion of the flange; (b) positioning a preformed strip of tacky, deformable, heat curable synthetic polymeric material between the base portion of the flange and the peripheral edge surface of the window with the material in adhesive engagement with the peripheral edge surface of the window and the base portion of the flange, and (c) while maintaining the window in adhered relationship to said flange, heating the strip material to initiate curing thereof to a resilient state.

Claim 4

A method for installing a window in a vehicle body having an L-shaped flange defining a window opening in the body, the flange having a base portion extending inwardly of said vehicle body and a leg portion upstanding from the inward end of said base portion and projecting into the said window opening which comprises, (a) locating a window in position to obturate the window opening with marginal portions of a viewing surface of the window overlying and in engagement with the leg portion of the flange, directly or through an interposed internal trim means and with the peripheral edge surface of the window supported parallel to and spaced from the base portion of the flange; (b) positioning a preformed strip of tacky, deformable, heat curable synthetic polymeric material between the base portion of the flange and the peripheral edge surface of the window with the material in adhesive engagement with the peripheral edge surface of the window and the base portion of the flange, and (c) while maintaining the window in adhered relationship to said flange, heating the strip material to initiate curing thereof to a resilient state.