Movable or removable closures – Closure seal; e.g. – striker gasket or weatherstrip – With corner or corner forming portions; i.e. – corner seal
Reexamination Certificate
1999-09-09
2001-06-05
Redman, Jerry (Department: 3634)
Movable or removable closures
Closure seal; e.g., striker gasket or weatherstrip
With corner or corner forming portions; i.e., corner seal
Reexamination Certificate
active
06240677
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a sealing or guiding assembly for sealing or guiding a sharp corner of a window pane in the frame of a window opening, comprising two lengths of flexible material for contacting the window pane and respectively extending towards the corner, moulded material matching the shape of the sharp corner and attached to and between the lengths of flexible material, and a stiff corner piece matching the shape of the sharp corner and incorporated into the moulded material during the moulding thereof.
The invention also relates to a method of constructing a window frame assembly carried by the upper part of a door in a vehicle body the window pane of which defines two edges having directions meeting at a sharp angle, comprising the steps of: forming a relatively rigid window frame for the window opening, the window frame defining a smooth curve in the region of the frame corresponding to the sharp angle in the window pane; forming a stiff corner piece having an outer profile matching the sharp angle of the corner and a curved inner profile bridging across the sharp corner; incorporating the stiff corner piece in a moulded part of flexible material which defines two window-glass receiving channels meeting at the said sharp angle and sized to receive the edges of the window glass which meet at the sharp angle; locking the stiff corner piece, after incorporation into the moulded part, in the window frame; the stiff corner piece being shaped to have an outside profile matching the sharp angle and also defining a curved region which bridgingly extends across the sharp angle and which matches the said curve in the frame, and the moulded part of flexible material overlaying the curved region of the stiff corner piece; extruding lengths of channel-shaped strip of flexible material; and attaching them to the moulded part to lead in the respective said directions away from the sharp angle so that their channels are aligned with the glass-receiving channels of the moulded part.
Such an assembly and such a method are known from GB-A-2 273 951. However, it is desirable to improve the consistency of the appearance of such an assembly.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the invention, there is provided a sealing assembly for sealing a sharp-angled corner of a window pane in a frame of a window opening, comprising two strips of extruded flexible material for contacting the window pane and respectively extending towards the corner, each length of flexible material comprising a respective visually apparent surface portion integrally extending over and along a body portion for mounting the length of flexible material on the frame, the body portion of each strip being removed from the surface portion of the strip over a predetermined length of the strip immediately adjacent the corner, molded material matching the shape of the sharp-angled corner and matching the shapes and lengths of the removed body portions and attached to the two strips of flexible material in place of the removed body portions, and a stiff corner piece matching the shape of the sharp corner and incorporated into the molded material during the molding thereof, the respective visually apparent surface portions of the two strips of the flexible material meeting at the sharp-angled corner and overlaying and at least partly concealing and being secured to the molded material.
According to the invention, therefore, the known assembly is characterised in that respective strip-like parts of the two lengths of the flexible material overlay and at least partly conceal the moulded material.
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GenCorp Property Inc.
Leydig , Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
Redman Jerry
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