Patent ID: 8277714
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: B29C,B29K

Abstract:
1. A process for securing a covering about a profile, said profile having a first and a second end, comprising the steps of: cutting a length of said profile and said covering, said covering heated adjacent said cut holding the covering in position prior to overmolding, said covering co-extending along said length of said profile and positioned about said profile; removing at least a portion of said heated portion of said covering from said profile so as to expose at least a portion of said profile thereby creating a first bonding region; overmolding a thermoplastic polymer about a complete peripheral perimeter of said first bonding region of said profile that is chemically compatible with said profile so as to form a material-to-material leak-proof bond between said overmolded polymer and said profile and about at least a portion of a peripheral perimeter of said covering.