Abstract: A latch assembly for a windowpane of a motor vehicle window is disclosed. The latch assembly has a latch anchor attachable to the motor vehicle, a latch base and a lever or linking mechanism connecting the latch anchor to the latch base. The latch base has an upper base attached to the linking mechanism and a lower base attached to the windowpane. The lower base may be secured to the windowpane either by an adhesive or by partial encapsulation with a polyurethane material which bonds to the windowpane. The upper base is adjustable with respect to the lower base along a first axis to accommodate sheet metal variations, tolerance errors and other misalignments. At least one elongate riser extending from the lower base is received by a corresponding elongate opening of the upper base to form an interlock between the upper base and the lower base resisting separation along second and third axes, which are perpendicular to the first axis and to each other.

Abstract: A frame having a substantially L-shaped configuration for supporting a vehicular hood, the frame being provided with holding portions for turnably holding the frame on a vehicular body at both the ends and a fixing portion for fixing the frame to the vehicular body by engaging the fixing portion with a fixing member on the vehicular body at the central part thereof, wherein the frame is provided further with a handle in the vicinity of a bent portion thereof, the handle being connected to two points on the frame so as to allow it to be actuated from the inside of a vehicle. The hood can be opened or closed by pushing or pulling the handle adapted to be actuated from the inside of the vehicle. The handle may be jointed to a frame on the vehicular body side via a band or the like means extending therebetween. Consequently, the hood can be closed in a locked state. Moreover, a suitable quantity of wind can be introduced into the interior of the vehicle by keeping the hold in a half-opened state.

Abstract: An anti-theft guard for a wing window latch includes a hollow tubular sleeve and an anchoring element for releasably attaching the sleeve to the latch body. The sleeve is insertable at one open end over the latch body, and is of sufficient length to extend beyond the body and surround and shield a safety push button thereon from access except through an opposite open end of the sleeve. The sleeve has a longitudinal slot defined in a side portion extending from the one open end toward the opposite open but terminating short thereof. The slot has an outer portion located adjacent the one open end of the sleeve and an inner portion located remote therefrom and wider than the outer portion.

Abstract: A vent window securing device adapted to be mounted on a van or truck door having a vent window. The securing device includes a flat support member that is attached to the inside of the front door by the same bolts that hold the window regulator to the door. An adjustable vertical gear member has a top portion having a U-shaped clamp that fits over the latch of the vent window in the horizontal position. The bottom portion of the vertical gear member has vertical gear teeth that mesh with the teeth of a circular gear that is connected to the flat support member by a shaft having a handle that can be rotated. The U-shaped clamp can be attached to a vertical steel rod having a threaded bottom that is adjustable with the vertical gear member by a flange and nut connector. An alternative embodiment provides an upwardly facing clamp under the vent window that is clamped to the window by a downwardly facing clamp attached to the top of the steel rod.

Abstract: A protective system for the vent window of a motor vehicle that comprises a metal mesh member positioned across the vent window inside the vehicle. A blocking pin connected to the mesh member extends laterally at a location that blocks rotational movement of the vent window latch from a locked mode onto the adjacent door frame wherein the vent window is prevented from being rotated from its closed position to an open position. The mesh member has a frame that includes a forward angled frame portion and a horizontal bottom frame portion that are adapted to secure the mesh member to the front door. A plate is secured to the front door via window regulator plate screws. A hinge secured to the plate and the bottom frame portion is adapted to rotate the mesh member about a horizontal axis to a position away from the vent window. A mounting bar having a slidable member is secured to the front door via vent window frame screws.

Abstract: This invention is a locking means for a lever-controlled, swingable glass window, such as an automobile window wing. There is a locking lever for locking the window wing in a closed position. A base member is secured to the window support and in close proximity to the locking lever. A swing member has one end portion pivoted to the base member. One part of a female-male and boss-screw combination is carried by the swing member and the other part thereof by the base member. The swing member is thus adapted to swing on top of, and be locked to, the base member in its retracted position by said boss-screw combination or to be swung into an end to end alignment with the base member to its extended position. A hook member, which includes a U-shaped member having an opening, is pivotally connected to a mid portion of the swing member. The swing member may pass through the opening in the U-shaped member as the swing member turns between its said positions.

Abstract: A vent window lock assembly for securing a pivotable vent window having a vertical edge at one end to a vertical window post having a wing flange against which said end of the vent window resides when the window is closed, is disclosed. The lock assembly includes an S-shaped bracket, a hook plate, and a fastener. The S-shaped bracket defines opposed first and second overlapping channels. The first channel is adapted for gripping the vertical edge of the vent window, with the end portion of the bracket that defines the first channel being for positioned on the outside of the vent window. The second channel is adapted for gripping the wing flange of the window post, with the end portion of the bracket that defines the second channel being positioned on the inside of the window post. The hook plate is slidably fastened to the end portion of the bracket that defines the second channel.

Abstract: A swing wing motor vehicle window lock has a bracket which is fastened to the glass pane of the window. A lock bar and a swing wing are pivotally connected to the bracket having axes of rotation perpendicular to each other. The swing wing has a pin which fits snugly into a bore in the lock bar in two opposite positions, one for window open and another for window locked position.