Patent ID: 6945540

Claim:
A sealing connecting element for sealingly connecting at least one end of a first sealing profile strip to a second sealing profile strip, said connecting element comprising: a profile guide region having an insertion end for receiving the first sealing profile strip, said profile guide region being movable into position against an outer wall of said first sealing profile strip upon insertion of said first sealing profile strip into said insertion end; a profile guide region having an insertion end for receiving the second sealing profile strip, said profile guide region being movable into position against an outer wall of said second sealing profile strip upon insertion of said second sealing profile strip into said insertion end; a core portion arranged to guide one of said first or second sealing profile strips into one of said profile guide regions upon insertion of said one of said first or second sealing profile strips into said sealing connecting element, wherein said core portion and a wall of said one profile guide region define a space therebetween into which said one of said first or second sealing profile strips fits upon insertion of said one of said first or second sealing profile strips into said insertion end; a stop positioned to abut an end face of said one of said first or second sealing profile strips, wherein said stop, said core portion, and said wall of said one profile guide region form a channel for receiving said one of said first or second sealing profile strips; and wherein said sealing connecting element is configured such that upon insertion of the first and second profile strips into said sealing connecting element, said first and second profile strips extend in different longitudinal directions, said different directions being non-linear with respect to each other at the point of connection.