Patent ID: 6141854
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: B60J,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of assembling a belt-line window molding for a motor vehicle door comprising i) a metal cover member having a of edges and a channel configuration and ii) a main body including a longitudinally extending edge receiving recess, a resilient window sealing structure constructed and arranged to seal a gap between the motor vehicle door and a motor vehicle window carried by said door, and a mounting structure constructed and arranged to mount the window molding on the motor vehicle door with a rigid portion of said mounting structure overlying an exterior surface of the door, said rigid portion having sufficient rigidity such that when one of said edges of said metal cover member is inserted into said edge receiving recess and then said cover member is pivoted generally about said one edge so as to engage an opposite one of said edges of said metal cover member with said rigid portion, applying a force to said cover member to move said opposite edge of said metal cover member in sliding relation across said rigid portion outwardly flexes said cover member, said method comprising:forming said main body by extrusion;placing said one edge of said metal cover member in said edge receiving recess of said main body;pivoting said metal cover member generally about said one edge so as to engage said opposite edge of said metal cover member with said rigid portion of said mounting structure;applying a force to said cover member to move said opposite edge of said metal cover member in sliding engagement across said rigid portion such that said metal cover member outwardly flexes to an extent sufficient to allow said opposite edge thereof to slide over said rigid portion and such that, after said opposite edge slides over said rigid portion, said cover member inwardly flexes back towards its original configuration and into gripping engagement with said rigid portion to secure said cover member to said main body.