Vehicular rear window assembly with system status indicator

A vehicular rear slider window assembly, the vehicular rear slider window assembly comprising:

• a frame portion having an upper rail and a lower rail;
• a fixed window panel that is fixed relative to the frame portion, wherein the fixed window panel at least in part defines an opening;
• a movable window panel that is movable along the upper rail and the lower rail, wherein the movable window panel is movable between (i) a closed position where the movable window panel is disposed at the opening and (ii) an opened position where the movable window panel is disposed at least partially along the fixed window panel;
• an indicating device disposed at the fixed window panel, wherein the indicating device comprises a light source;
• wherein the vehicular rear slider window assembly is configured to be disposed at a rear portion of a cabin of a pickup truck;
• wherein, with the vehicular rear slider window assembly disposed at the rear portion of the cabin of the pickup truck, the indicating device is disposed at an upper central region of the fixed window panel;
• wherein, with the vehicular rear slider window assembly disposed at the rear portion of the cabin of the pickup truck, the light source, when the indicating device is electrically powered, emits light;
• wherein, with the vehicular rear slider window assembly disposed at the rear portion of the cabin of the pickup truck, the indicating device is operated to indicate a load of the pickup truck;
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• wherein, with the vehicular rear slider window assembly disposed at the rear portion of the cabin of the pickup truck, the light source, when the indicating device is electrically powered, emits light that is visible through the fixed window panel so as to be viewable by a person viewing the vehicular rear slider window assembly from exterior and rearward of the pickup truck.

A vehicular rear window assembly, the vehicular rear window assembly comprising:

• a fixed window panel;
• an indicating device disposed at the fixed window panel, wherein the indicating device comprises a light source;
• wherein the vehicular rear window assembly is configured to be disposed at a rear portion of a cabin of a vehicle;
• wherein, with the vehicular rear window assembly disposed at the rear portion of the cabin of the vehicle, the light source, when the indicating device is electrically powered, emits light;
• wherein, with the vehicular rear window assembly disposed at the rear portion of the cabin of the vehicle, the indicating device is operated to indicate a load of the vehicle;
• and
• wherein, with the vehicular rear window assembly disposed at the rear portion of the cabin of the vehicle, the light source, when the indicating device is electrically powered, emits light toward an interior portion of the cabin of the vehicle so as to be viewable by a driver of the vehicle.