SLIDING WINDOW ASSEMBLY WITH FLUSH-CLOSING MOVING PANEL

Embodiments described herein relate to window assemblies. In one embodiment, a window assembly includes a fixed panel defining an opening and a rail that attaches to the fixed panel. The window assembly also includes a guide provided on the rail and defining grooves. The window assembly also includes a shoe at least partially overlapping the guide and defining slots. The window assembly further includes a moving panel supported by the shoe and interacting with the guide by pins that extend through the slots and into the grooves such that the slots, together with the grooves, cause the moving panel to slide within the slots and with respect to the fixed panel between a closed state, in which the moving panel blocks the opening and is substantially flush with the fixed panel, and an open state in which the moving panel unblocks the opening.