Patent ID: 6150003
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: B60J,D04B,D10B,Y10T

Abstract:
A wire carrier for use in a weather seal comprising:a wire folded into a zig-zag configuration so as to have a plurality of generally parallel limbs interconnected at alternate ends by connecting regions for carrying warp threads on the parallel limbs, the wire carrier having a width substantially defined by a length of one of the plurality of generally parallel limbs;a plurality of warp threads secured to the wire to encompass the wire within a stitch of each row of warp thread; and,at least one ribbon having stiffening elements along its longitudinal axis and trapped along its longitudinal axis between a securing row of warp thread and the wire for substantially preventing spacing between adjacent limbs from increasing during an extrusion process by substantially eliminating tensile stresses which could otherwise form in the plurality of warp threads during the extrusion process, the at least one ribbon secured to the wire such that the stiffening elements extend substantially perpendicularly to the plurality of generally parallel limbs.