Patent ID: 6601346
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A weather strip for a door of a motor vehicle, comprising:a base portion adapted to be secured to a periphery of a door frame of the door with clips, wherein said base portion has a protrusion, which protrudes outwardly of clip-securing positions of said base portion; a seal portion for contacting and pressing a door opening portion of a body of the vehicle upon closing the door; a water-stopping lip formed integrally with said protrusion at an end of said base portion outside said clip-securing positions of said base portion such that a projecting end of said water-stopping lip is adapted to contact and press said door frame upon attachment of the weather strip to said door frame; and a solid member for ensuring a pressing force of said water-stopping lip against said door frame, said solid member being embedded in the end of said base portion at which said water-stopping lip is formed, wherein said solid member extends in a longitudinal direction of the weather strip and has an approximately L-shaped cross section, and said solid member integrally includes a main part which is embedded in said protrusion, and a vertical part which stands upright on an upper end of said main part and is embedded in an upper end portion of said base portion upwardly of said protrusion.