Patent ID: 6773019
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: B60J,Y10S

Abstract:
A sealing gasket for sealing gaps; the sealing gasket comprising:an elongated member made of a deformable and at least somewhat resilient polymeric material, the polymeric material being a closed cell sponge material; the elongated member defining first and second lumens passing through at least a first length of the elongated member; the elongated member having a first undeformed configuration in which a first cross-section of the elongated member, perpendicular to the first length, has two portions, a first triangular portion shaped generally like a triangle having two converging sides of generally equal length and a second semi-circular portion shaped generally like a semi-circle, which combine to form a generally teardrop-shaped cross-sectional shape; the first lumen having a generally rounded cross-sectional shape when the elongated member is in the first undeformed configuration and the second lumen having a generally triangular cross-sectional shape when the elongated member is in the first undeformed configuration, except that a first side of the generally triangular cross-sectional shape of the second lumen, proximate an internal wall separating the first lumen from the second lumen, is generally rounded so as to conform generally to the rounded shape of the first lumen, which shape is generally partially reciprocated by the first side.