Patent ID: 6045891
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: B29C,B29L,B60J,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A window gasket assembly comprising a sheet encapsulated in accordance with the process comprising:positioning a sheet having a face portion, which has an interior surface area, and having a peripheral edge within a chamber defined by facing surfaces of two cooperating mold sections, wherein at least one of the mold sections has a substantially horizontal facing surface and has a seal positioned therein, wherein the seal has a first side which faces towards the peripheral edge of the sheet and wherein the first side of the seal has an angled facing portion, which is angled both outwardly from the substantially horizontal facing surface of the mold section towards the peripheral edge of the sheet and away from the interior surface area of the sheet and towards the face portion of the sheet, and wherein a portion of the angled facing portion of the first side of the seal, a gasket shaping portion of the facing surface in which the seal is positioned, and the sheet define a gasket forming cavity;closing the cooperating mold sections;placing a gasket forming material into the gasket forming cavity thereby forming a gasket which encapsulates at least a portion of the peripheral edge of said sheet, said gasket comprising an undercutting portion;opening the cooperating mold sections; andremoving the sheet and gasket from the chamber.