Patent ID: 6167657
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: B29C,B29L,E06B

Abstract:
A method of forming an extruded weatherstrip profile for a garage door having a rigid cellular base portion and a flexible non-cellular strip portion, comprising the steps of: extruding a cellular material through a first die, hardening said cellular material into a rigid weatherstrip base portion after exiting said first die, said base portion having at least one exterior top surface and at least one exterior side surface, extruding a non-cellular material through a second die, at least a portion of said non-cellular material contacting at least one of said exterior surfaces of said base portion, hardening said non-cellular material into a flexible strip portion after exiting said second die, said strip portion having first and second ends, a length extending from said first end to said second end, and a thickness, firmly attaching a portion of said length of said strip portion at said first end of said strip portion to and extending parallel along only said one of said exterior surfaces of said base portion, said strip portion having a second end extending freely outward from said base portion.