Window pane for motor vehicles

Claim 1

In an automotive vehicle comprising vehicle body structure including exterior panel means, a window pane and a window frame means located interiorly of said window pane, and inwardly from its side edges, said window frame means having a flange extending parallel with the window pane and which defines with other portions of said frame means a recess facing in the same direction as the adjacent side edge of the window pane, a profiled retaining member for supporting said window pane on said frame means so that the window pane is substantially flush with the adjacent panel means of said vehicle, said retaining member having one end which is fixedly joined to said window pane on its interior side and which extends over said flange and has its other end received within said recess of said frame means, the improvement being that said profiled retaining member has a first recess at its other end defined by a bottom and a pair of side surfaces which diverge from each other toward said bottom and has a second recess with diverging side surfaces between said window pane and said flange on said frame, and that said retaining member is clamped in place on said frame by a profiled elastomeric locking member having first and second spaced projections shaped complementary with said first and second recesses of said retaining member and which are snap fittingly received within said first and second recesses, and wherein said elastomeric locking member has a flexible end portion which extends between said side edge of the window pane and said panel means to provide a seal therebetween.