Patent ID: 7758798

Claim:
A process for forming thermoplastic weatherseals, each including a pair of edge sections defining an opening, into a bent condition comprising: a) inserting a bendable linear support insert, having a pair of spaced apart faces, into at least a portion of a linear, straight thermoplastic weatherseal material such that the pair of spaced apart faces abuts and supports the respective pair of edge sections to provide a bendable weatherseal assembly; b) inserting said bendable weatherseal assembly into a bending press, and activating said press in order to bend said weatherseal assembly into a bent position; c) heating said weatherseal assembly in said bent position to a bending temperature greater than the heat deformation temperature of said thermoplastic material; d) maintaining said assembly in said press until said thermoplastic material is set into said bent condition; and e) removing said weatherseal assembly in said bent position from said press, and f) removing said support insert from said thermoplastic weatherseal material to allow said support insert to return to a linear shape.