Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Storm-front shield – apron – or robe
Patent
1976-05-07
1977-07-12
Goodman, Philip
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Storm-front shield, apron, or robe
B60J 102
Patent
active
040350177
ABSTRACT:
A decorative molding for concealing the space between the edge of a window panel and an inwardly offset body panel flange structure having an inwardly extending wall and a wall extending parallel to the body panel. The decorative molding is comprised of a generally rectangular thin-wall tubular member of extruded plastic including laterally spaced inner and outer side walls and top and bottom walls. A pair of legs extend laterally from the inner side wall to form a channel adapted for engagement with the edge of the window panel. The outer side wall is generally planar for contact with the inwardly extending wall and has an end projection which spaces the bottom wall somewhat above the parallel extending wall. The bottom wall of the molding has an inverted V-shaped cross section so that the bottom wall flexes to provide a biasing force urging the outer side wall against the inwardly extending wall of the body panel flange and urging the inner side wall of the molding to capture the edge of the window panel in a channel formed by the laterally extending leg so that the width of the molding is varied to accommodate variation in the width of the space between the window panel and the flanged structure. The top wall of the molding has a width which does not substantially exceed the spacing between the edge of the window panel and the inwardly extending wall of the body panel flange to provide a narrow decorative appearance and also facilitate bending of the molding around the corners of the window panel.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2772915 (1956-12-01), Renno
patent: 3416833 (1968-12-01), Griffin
Griffin Henry W.
Nichter Thomas J.
General Motors Corporation
Goodman Philip
Leahy Charles E.
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