Selectively removable non-egress window for transit motor vehicles

A non-egress window for motor vehicles selectively removable for servicing, comprising:

• an exterior frame for mounting in an opening in a sidewall of a motor vehicle;
• a connector attached to the exterior frame;
• a window frame selectively attached to the connector and including a glazing that holds a window pane
• a pair of latch keepers mounted in spaced-apart relation to the exterior frame opposing the connector;
• a release bar mounted in the exterior frame opposing the connector and selectively moveable relative to the latch keepers;
• the window frame defining an opening aligned with a portion of the release bar with a removable cap to access the opening with a tool for moving the release bar;
• and
• a pair of latch catchers attached to the release bar and engagable to the latch keepers with the release bar in the first position and disengaged therefrom with the release bar in a second position.

A method of removing a non-egress window from a sidewall of a motor vehicles for servicing, comprising the steps of:

• (a) removing a cover that closes an opening in a window frame, which opening is aligned with a portion of a release bar mounted therein, the release bar having a latch catcher that in a first position is engaged with a latch keeper mounted to an exterior frame in an opening in a sidewall of a motor vehicle;
• (b) contacting the release bar with a tool inserted through the opening;
• (c) moving the release bar with the tool to a second position relative to the latch keeper to disengage the latch catcher;
• and
• (d) pivoting the widow frame from the exterior frame.