Window assembly

A rectangular window assembly for use in a wall of a vehicle, comprising:

• a window frame mountable in the vehicle wall and defining a generally rectangular window opening;
• a generally rectangular window pane fitted in and substantially filling said window opening;
• said frame having a first window pane retainer on one side of said window pane for overlying marginal portions of the window pane and preventing movement of the window pane out of the window frame through said one side and being open on the other side for installation of the pane in said opening through said other side;
• window retaining bars overlying the marginal portions of said window pane on said other side to block removal of the window pane from said other side while the bars are in place;
• releasable connectors acting between said bars and said frame to hold said bars in place in the frame, thereby securing said window pane in the frame;
• a rectangular window liner smaller than said window pane and sized for installation into the frame from said other side over said bars and into overlying relation with the portion of the window pane bounded by the bars with the peripheral edges of the window liner closely adjacent to the bars;
• liner-retaining strips overlying and covering marginal portions of the window liner along said bars;
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• couplings for holding said liner strips releasably on said bars comprising anchors on said strips extending toward the bars, detents on the bars for receiving and holding the anchors, and resiliently flexible hinges between the strips and the anchors normally holding the strips against the window liner and permitting swinging of the strips away from the window liner;
• whereby the window pane may be installed in the frame before the bars are in place, and are securely held in place after the bars are installed, and the window liner may be installed over the bars and subsequently held in place by the liner retaining strips.

A window assembly for use in a wall of a vehicle, comprising:

• a window frame mountable in the vehicle wall and defining a window opening;
• a window pane fitted in and substantially filling said window opening;
• said frame having first window pane retainers on one side for overlying marginal portions of the window pane and preventing movement of the window pane out of the window frame through said one side, said frame being open on the other side for installation of the pane in said opening through said other side;
• second window pane retainers releasably secured to said window frame around said window pane on said other side and positioned to overlie the marginal portions of the pane to secure the window pane in said window opening against movement out of the window frame through said other side when said second retainers are in place;
• a window liner smaller than said window pane and sized for insertion into the frame from said other side over said second retainers;
• liner-retaining strips extending along said second retainers and overlying the marginal portions of the window liner on said other side;
• and joints between said strips and said second retainers positioning said strips in holding engagement with the window liner when the latter has been placed against the window;
• whereby the window pane may be installed in the window frame when the second retainers are released and removed and are secured in place when the second retainers are in place, and the window liner may be installed over the second retainers, held removably in place by the liner retaining strips and removed without removal of the second retainers.