Patent ID: 7281354

Claim:
A weather strip comprising: an attaching portion adapted to be mounted on a flange of an opening for a door of a vehicle, said flange having a root and a tip end, and said attaching portion having a flange tip end side corresponding to the tip end of the flange and a flange root side corresponding to the root of the flange; and a hollow sealing portion extending from said attaching portion, said hollow sealing portion including consecutive first and second hollow portions; wherein said second hollow portion comprises: a first wall diagonally extending from the flange root side of the attaching portion away from the flange tip end side of the attaching portion, and adapted to extend toward the outside of the vehicle; a second wall diagonally extending from the first wall at from a first bending point toward the flange tip end side of the attaching position, and adapted to extend toward the outside of the vehicle; a third wall diagonally extending from the flange tip end side of the attaching portion away from the flange root side of the attaching position, and adapted to extend toward the outside of the vehicle; a fourth wall diagonally extending from the third wall at from a second bending point toward the flange root side of the attaching position, and adapted to extend toward the outside of the vehicle; and a the fifth wall connecting second wall to the fourth wall; wherein a first end of the first hollow portion is connected to a linkage part located between the second wall and the fifth wall, and a second end of the first hollow portion is connected to a linkage part located between the fourth wall and the fifth wall; and wherein a surface of the hollow sealing portion is adapted to be brought into contact with the door when the door is closed, and includes a surface of the first hollow portion and a surface of the second hollow portion adjacent to said surface of the first hollow portion, said surface of the hollow sealing portion is smoothly continuous curved surface not having any discontinuous points.