Window assembly for a motor vehicle

A window assembly for a motor vehicle including a lower door assembly movable between an open position and a closed position, a windshield frame and a sport bar assembly, the window assembly comprising:

• a door frame attached to said sport bar assembly, said door frame including an upper member having a channel for retaining a top of said motor vehicle therein and a downwardly extending flange inboard of said channel;
• a wire window frame defining a window opening;
• a seal coupled to said wire window frame and inwardly projecting therefrom, said seal abuttingly engaging said downwardly extending flange of said upper member of said door frame;
• a plurality of locating pins carried by the wire window frame;
• a corresponding plurality of grommet assemblies carried by the lower door assembly and adapted to releasably receive the plurality of locating pins such that removal of the plurality of locating pins from the corresponding plurality of grommet assemblies requires substantially vertical translation of the wire window frame;
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• a stop surface extending between said downwardly extending flange and said channel of said upper member of said door frame adapted to oppose vertical translation of the window frame when the lower door assembly is in the closed position.

A motor vehicle comprising:

• a lower door assembly movable between and open position and a closed position;
• a sport bar assembly;
• a door frame attached to said sport bar assembly, said door frame including an upper member having a channel for retaining a top of said motor vehicle therein and a downwardly extending flange inboard of said channel;
• a window assembly including a window frame;
• a seal coupled to said wire window frame and inwardly projecting therefrom, said seal abuttingly engaging said downwardly extending flange of said upper member of said door frame;
• and
• a mounting arrangement for removably attaching the frame of the window assembly to the lower door assembly such that substantially vertical translation of the window frame is required to remove the window frame;
• whereby upward displacement of the window assembly relative to the lower door assembly is prevented when the lower door assembly is in the closed position.