Weather strip and manufacturing method thereof

Details Weather strip and manufacturing method thereof Weather strip and manufacturing method thereof

2006-11-06

2011-11-08

Redman, Jerry (Department: 3634)

Movable or removable closures

Closure seal; e.g., striker gasket or weatherstrip

U-shaped member or portion mounts seal

C049S498100

Reexamination Certificate

active

08051607

ABSTRACT:
A weather strip is mounted on a circumferential portion of a door opening for a vehicle door. The weather strip includes a trim portion having a substantially U-shaped cross section and a hollow seal portion, and a designed lip is formed on the trim portion so as to extend therefrom. An adhesive layer and a flocked portion are formed on a designed surface of the weather strip such as an external surface of the designed lip, the flocked portion being provided with a multiplicity of pile fibers which are bonded to the adhesive layer at one end thereof, which pile fibers are each angled randomly with respect to a normal direction to the external surface of the lip portion.

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