Patent ID: 6082048
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A longitudinally extending strip for performing at least one of sealing, trimming and guiding functions in a window frame in a motor vehicle body, the window frame defining a window opening between an exterior and interior of the vehicle body, comprisingfirst strip means formed of one-piece molded construction and extending along the longitudinal extension of the strip and defining a first longitudinally extending face intended to be on the exterior of the vehicle body in use, andsecond strip means extending longitudinally along the strip and attached to the first strip means to define a second, opposite, longitudinal face of the strip and intended to be on the interior of the vehicle body in use,the strip incorporating extruded material,the first strip means being formed as one piece extending in a continuous closed first loop with which the first longitudinally extending face is co-extensive, the continuous first loop having at least one sharp-angled corner matching a sharp-angled corner of the window frame, andthe extruded material defining at least first and second separate parts each extending along a respective part, only, of the longitudinal extension of the strip, the two separate parts being of respectively different shapes and being overlapped by at least the first strip means;the strip forming a second loop integral with the first loop, at least part of the length of the second loop being common to a corresponding part of the length of the first loop, the second loop forming a frame for a second window, the second loop being molded integrally with the first strip means and being devoid of the second strip means and the extruded material.