Patent ID: 6968649
Filing Date: 2005-11-29
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. In combination, a frame defining a closable opening and a longitudinally extending sealing arrangement for disposal between a closure member for the opening and the frame, the sealing arrangement comprising a longitudinal mounting portion mounting the sealing arrangement on the frame, a longitudinally extending hollow tubular sealing portion of flexible resilient material defining an interior volume, a longitudinally extending flexible support material extending alongside the mounting portion and attached to a linear first region of the mounting portion which extends along the length of the mounting portion, the flexible support material extending generally transversely to said region, the flexible support material being attached to the sealing portion exteriorly to the interior volume of the sealing portion so that the sealing portion is carried by and alongside the mounting portion and is adapted to run along at least part of the frame and to be sealingly compressed by the closure member for the opening as the closure member closes the opening, the flexible support material extending angularly and upwardly away from the mounting portion along at least a portion of a length of the frame, said flexible support material being flexible to allow the sealing portion to move angularly towards the mounting portion in response to the sealing compression of the sealing portion by the closure member, and a connecting member made of a fabric web and extending along the length of the sealing arrangement, the connecting member being mounted on the mounting portion along a linear second region of the mounting portion which is substantially parallel to and spaced from said first region, the connecting member extending from said second region thru a gap defined between said mounting portion and said sealing portion and mounted on the sealing portion at a location on the sealing portion exteriorly of said internal volume to interconnect the sealing portion and the mounting portion, the fabric web of the connecting member comprising an anisotropic material which is relatively stretchable in the longitudinal direction of the sealing arrangement, said anisotropic material being resistant to widthwise stretching in a direction generally transverse to the longitudinal direction of the sealing arrangement, whereby the fabric web limits an extent of angular movement of the sealing portion away from the mounting portion in response to gravitational forces acting on said sealing portion along said part of the frame, to hold the sealing portion in a desired attitude prior to its compression by the closure member.