Patent ID: 9725026
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B60J,B60P,F16J

Claim:
1. A resilient seal for living quarters having main living area walls defining a main living area, an aperture in one of said main living area walls slidably receiving a slide out room having slide out room walls defining auxiliary living space, said one main living area wall having an outside surface, an inside surface, and a transverse surface extending between said inside and outside surfaces, said transverse surface defining said aperture, said resilient seal comprising: a pair of attaching members adapted to extend along said one main living area wall adjacent to said aperture; each attaching member of said pair having a groove connector having a pair of upstanding walls extending from and substantially perpendicular to said attaching member, each said upstanding wall terminating in a corresponding overhanging wall being substantially parallel to and spaced from said attaching member and forming an L-shaped tab, said L-shaped tabs cooperating to form said groove; a connecting member extending between said attaching members and adapted to be located along said transverse surface; each said attaching member having a bulb portion integrally attached to one of said L-shaped tabs by an offsetting member spacing said bulb portion from its corresponding attachment member, said bulb portion including an inner wall and an arcuate outer portion, a first portion of said inner wall is formed from a higher durometer material than said arcuate outer portion, a second portion of said inner wall adjacent said offsetting member and said offsetting member is formed from a lower durometer material than said first portion of said inner wall, said bulb portion hingeably moveable about said offsetting member between a resting position locating said inner wall relatively near said L-shaped tabs and a bent position wherein said inner wall is located relatively far from said L-shaped tabs, said bulb portion overlaying said groove connector in said resting position.