Flush-mounted slider window for pick-up truck including seal carrier, bulb seal and/or applique

A flush-closing multi-panel window assembly for a vehicle, the flush-closing multi-panel window assembly comprising:

• first and second fixed window panels;
• a sliding window panel of the window assembly, the sliding window panel being provided between the first and second fixed window panels when the sliding window panel is in a closed position, the sliding window panel being flush with the first and second fixed window panels when in the closed position;
• a seal carrier supported by the sliding window panel;
• an injection molded bulb seal supported by at least the seal carrier, wherein the injection molded bulb seal extends around an entire periphery of the sliding window panel so as to contact the sliding window panel and cover first and second gaps adjacent the periphery of the sliding window panel when the sliding window panel is in the closed position, the first gap being covered by the bulb seal being defined by and located between the sliding window panel and the first fixed window panel, and the second gap being covered by the bulb seal being defined by and located between the sliding window panel and the second fixed window panel;
• an upper frame member and a lower frame member, each of the upper and lower frame members being attached to the first and second fixed window panels;
• and wherein each of the upper and lower frame members includes a track defined therein to allow for sliding of the sliding window panel;
• a latch assembly including first and second spring biased pins adapted to slide in said tracks of the upper and lower frame members, respectively, during opening and closing of the sliding window panel;
• wherein the latch assembly further includes first and second selectively actuatable members adapted to be moved toward one another so that when the first and second selectively actuatable members are moved toward one another the first and second pins are caused to exit first and second apertures defined in the upper and lower frame members, respectively, and the sliding window panel can thereafter be slid laterally in order to open the sliding window panel;
• and
• wherein the first and second pins are at least partially located in respective apertures defined in the seal carrier.