Patent ID: 8661736

Claim:
A glass run channel for a vehicle door having a window opening, a portion of the window opening is defined by a door channel member having an outboard portion adjacent to an outside of a vehicle and an inboard portion adjacent to an interior of the vehicle, both the outboard and inboard portions extending toward a center of the window opening to define a recess for receiving the glass run channel, the glass run channel comprising: a first leg configured to be mounted in the recess adjacent to the outboard portion and a second leg configured to be mounted in the recess adjacent to the inboard portion, the first and second legs having a hardness of 70 to 90 shore A; a trim lip configured to extend inboard of, adjacent to, but not in contact with an inboard surface of the inboard portion, the trim lip having a hardness of 70 to 90 shore A and a laminate covering an inboard surface of the trim lip, the laminate having a hardness less than the hardness of the trim lip, and the laminate having a bead on a terminal end thereof, the bead configured to be in contact with the door channel member; a first sealing lip extending from the first leg and configured to engage an outboard surface of a window pane and a second sealing lip extending from the second leg and configured to engage an inboard surface of the window pane, the first and second sealing lips having a hardness less than the hardness of the second leg; a lateral lip extending from the first leg to the second leg and having a hardness less than the hardness of the second leg; and a length of material located between the trim lip and the second leg and defining an elastically flexible hinge area, the hinge area having a hardness less than the hardness of the trim lip.