Patent ID: 7052021

Claim:
A waist seal for a door of a vehicle body to seal along a waist gap formed in the door through which a window glass carried by the door slides, the door having a panel part with opposite sides, the waist seal comprising: a decorative strip arrangement including a decorative surface and a generally linear leg extending from the decorative surface, a sealing strip defining first and second side-by-side oppositely facing channels, the first channel being adapted for embracingly gripping the panel part of the door and having first and second sides for being positioned at the opposite sides of the panel part, a lip made of flexible material and integrally extending from the first side of the first channel for sealingly contacting the window glass, the second channel positioned on the second side of the first channel and being adapted for receiving the leg of the decorative strip arrangement, wherein the first channel includes a reinforcing member for extending around the panel part of the door, wherein said leg extends into the second channel generally parallel to the reinforcing member in a region of the panel part of the door along substantially the entire length of the leg, and wherein the decorative surface overlies the first and second sides of the first channel and at least partially overlies the lip where the lip extends from the first side of the first channel.