Patent ID: 9327585
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: B60J

Claim Text:
1. A trim for a vehicle, which is made of an elastic polymer material and is elongated, the trim comprising: an attachment portion attachable to a flange provided along a peripheral edge of an opening of a vehicle body and including an exterior lateral wall portion, an interior lateral wall portion, and a top wall portion that connects both the lateral wall portions; and a holding lip projecting from an inside surface of at least one of the exterior lateral wall portion and the interior lateral wall portion, wherein the trim is attached to the flange and arranged between the peripheral edge of the opening and an openable and closable opening and closing member that closes the opening by inserting the flange into the attachment portion so that the holding lip contacts with the flange, and wherein, in at least one holding lip, a contact portion having a greater coefficient of dynamic friction than that of a main body portion of the holding lip is provided to a part of the holding lip, which is provided further toward a tip side than a part of the holding lip that firstly contacts with the flange when a thickest part of the flange is being inserted into the attachment portion and which contacts with the flange when a thinnest part of the flange is inserted into the attachment portion and the attachment portion is attached to the thinnest part of the flange, wherein the contact portion is further provided at a position beyond a tip of a tip portion of the holding lip, and wherein the attachment portion and the main body portion of the holding lip are formed from a sponge rubber material.