Patent ID: 9623739
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B60J

Claim:
1. A construction for securing a trim strip, the construction comprising: a door flange provided to a window frame of a door of a car, and protruding toward an outside of a compartment of the car; a sealing member provided to the door flange, and covering up the door flange at least from the outside of the compartment; and a trim strip secured to the sealing member, and positioned outside the compartment with respect to the sealing member, wherein the sealing member (i) includes a trim strip securing groove opening toward the outside of the compartment and extending in a front-rear direction of the car so that a securing leg, formed on the trim strip, is inserted into the trim strip securing groove, and (ii) integrally includes a core for reinforcing the sealing member, the core being completely encapsulated within the sealing member, the core includes an engagement protruding portion integrally formed with the core and protruding upwards along a width of the trim strip securing groove from the core toward an inside of the trim strip securing groove, such that the engagement protruding portion projects into the trim strip securing groove, and when inserted into the trim strip securing groove, the securing leg of the trim strip engages with the sealing member.