Patent ID: 9364981
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: B29C,B29K

Claim Text:
1. A process for securing a covering about a profile, said profile having a first and a second end, comprising the steps of: cutting a length of said profile; positioning a covering about said profile, said covering only co-extending partway along said length of said profile and a distance from said first end of said profile creating a first bonding region; heating said covering at an end of said covering adjacent said first bonding region to hold said covering in position on said profile prior to overmolding; and overmolding a thermoplastic polymer about a complete peripheral perimeter of said first bonding region of said profile that is chemically compatible with said profile so as to form a material-to-material leak-proof bond between said overmolded polymer and said profile, and extending the overmold about at least a portion of a peripheral perimeter of said covering.