Double acting snap-in glass retention for a vehicle door

A snap-in glass carrier engageable with a window regulator assembly for snap fitting a movable door glass having a glass retention hole to the snap-in glass carrier, the snap-in glass carrier comprising:

• a glass carrier base;
• a window regulator attachment portion extending from the glass carrier base;
• a glass retention portion extending from the glass carrier base parallel to and spaced from the window regulator attachment portion to define a gap configured to receive the movable door glass therein, the glass retention portion including a pair of support fingers extending upward from the glass carrier base to a pair of free ends and a horizontally extending support beam extending between and supported by the free ends of the support fingers;
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• a snap finger, extending upward and cantilevered from the glass carrier base generally parallel to the support finger, including a vertical portion extending parallel to the support finger on a same side of the door glass as the support finger, a retention tab extending from the vertical portion into the gap and configured to operatively engage the glass retention hole, a hinge point adjacent to the glass carrier base and located on the same side of the gap as the window regulator attachment portion, a spring leg extending through the gap from the hinge point to the vertical portion, and an upper glass catch extending from the snap finger away from the gap, below and engageable with the support beam when a window pull-out load is induced in the snap-in glass carrier.