Patent ID: 11872959
Assignee: LACKS ENTERPRISES, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 13:
14. A roof rail system for a vehicle, comprising:
a rail member having an elongate shape and attached to a roof of the vehicle; and
a gasket of material applied as a liquid and cured in place to bond with the rail member and to form a watertight seal between the rail member and an upper surface of the roof of the vehicle;
wherein the rail member is formed of a plateable resin material and the gasket is formed of a material configured for bonding to the plateable resin material;
wherein the material of the gasket is not plateable; and
wherein the gasket is applied to the plateable resin material of the rail member prior to a plating process and to act as a barrier to plating the lower surface of the rail member.