Patent ID: 8819997
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: B60R,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A trim assembly for a window opening of a vehicle door, comprising: an interior trim strip attached to the vehicle door, the interior trim strip having a limb extending out on the door toward a plane of the window opening, the limb having an upwardly projecting fastening bead having a tapered leading end and a locking surface facing opposite to a projecting direction of the limb; an exterior trim strip on a side of the vehicle door external of the interior trim strip, the exterior trim strip defining a substantially U-shaped channel with a base and upper and lower limbs projecting from opposite sides of the base and toward the interior trim strip; a latching strip fastened on a side of the base of the exterior trim strip facing toward the interior trim strip and positioned entirely between the upper and lower limbs, the latching strip including connection elements disposed adjacent a lower side of the upper limb and projecting toward the interior trim strip a distance less than a projecting distance of the upper limb so that the latching strip is concealed entirely by the exterior trim part when viewed from an exterior of the door and the connection elements being clipped to the fastening bead of the interior trim strip for fastening the exterior trim strip to the interior trim strip.