Movable or removable closures – Closure seal; e.g. – striker gasket or weatherstrip – With corner or corner forming portions; i.e. – corner seal
Patent
1997-12-08
2000-09-12
Redman, Jerry
Movable or removable closures
Closure seal; e.g., striker gasket or weatherstrip
With corner or corner forming portions; i.e., corner seal
49441, E06B 716
Patent
active
061159697
ABSTRACT:
A weather strip for attachment to a window frame of a vehicle for sealing the periphery of a window and a method of forming the weather strip. The weather strip supports the window to allow the window to slide upward and downward with respect to the window frame. The weather strip includes an elongated side section for attachment to a generally vertical member of the window frame, an elongated upper section for attachment to a horizontal member of the frame, and a corner section for attachment to a corner of the window frame. The weather strip includes an inner seal lip and an outer seal lip, which resiliently contact the inner and outer surfaces of the window, respectively. The cross sectional shapes of the seal lips vary from the side section to the upper section, yet the inner and outer seal lips are formed of a single continuous extrusion.
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Redman Jerry
Toyoda Gosei Co,., Ltd.
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