Patent ID: 7608316

Claim:
A weather strip for a vehicle, comprising: a weather strip body including an extruded product body continuously extruded in a longitudinal direction thereof; lips adapted to secure the weather strip body to a body panel of the vehicle; and a decoration layer integrated on an exterior surface of the extruded product wherein the extruded product body, includes a U-shaped trim part and a hollow seal portion, the hollow seal portion is located on a first side of the trim part, a cover lip extends from the extruded product body such that the cover lip is located on a side of the extruded product body that is opposite to the hollow seal portion, substantially an entire surface of the external surface of the decoration layer includes a combination of an irregular surface pattern and a linear groove portion, the linear groove portion is formed with a plurality of linear grooves, a depth of the linear grooves is larger than a depth of irregularities on the irregular surface pattern, the depth of the irregularities on the irregular surface pattern is in a range of 30 μm to 150 μm, and the depth of the linear grooves is in a range of 160 μm to 800 μm, a width of an opening of the linear grooves is formed in a range of 160 μm to 800 μm, and a width of a root portion of one protruding portion formed by adjacent ones of the linear grooves is formed in a range of 160 μm to 800 μm, and an interval between adjacent ones of the linear grooves is in a range of 400 μm to 1600 μm.