Windscreen installation apparatus and method
AssigneeBelron International Limited
InventorsWilliam Finck, Christopher Davies
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Abstract
Apparatus for use in handling windscreens for example for installation in a vehicle, includes a windscreen anchor assembly comprising a windscreen anchor device and a support arm extending away from the windscreen anchor device. A mount assembly is provided for supporting the windscreen anchor assembly. The mount assembly includes a mount structure for engaging with the support arm such that the support arm can slide bodily in its longitudinal direction with respect to the mount structure.
Claims19
An apparatus for use in handling a windscreen for a vehicle in conjunction with a vehicle anchor assembly that includes a vehicle anchor device and a mount structure, the apparatus comprising:
- a windscreen anchor device;
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- an elongate support arm extending away from the windscreen anchor device;
- wherein the support arm has a first end opposite a second end, the support arm has a stop member proximate to the first end of the support arm, the windscreen anchor device is non-movably fixed to the second end of the support arm at a fixed distance from the stop member, and the stop member is configured to limit a range of sliding movement of the support arm relative to the mount structure of the vehicle anchor assembly between the windscreen anchor device at the second end and the stop member at the first end.
A system for use in handling a windscreen for a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a vehicle anchor assembly that includes a vehicle anchor device and a mount structure;
- and
- a windscreen anchor assembly that includes a windscreen anchor device and an elongate support arm extending away from the windscreen anchor device;
- wherein the support arm has a first end opposite a second end, the support arm has a stop member proximate to the first end of the support arm, the windscreen anchor device is non-movably fixed to the second end of the support arm at a fixed distance from the stop member, and the stop member is configured to limit a range of sliding movement of the support arm relative to the mount structure of the vehicle anchor assembly between the windscreen anchor device at the second end and the stop member at the first end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.