Patent ID: 7356967

Claim:
A vehicular weatherseal for receiving a portion of a glass panel, the weatherseal comprising a rigid polymeric backbone free of structural metal, the backbone having a flange engaging channel and a window receiving channel, the flange engaging channel and the window receiving channel having substantially the same rigidity, the window receiving channel being inverted relative to the flange engaging channel and having a window channel closed end, the window channel closed end sized to receive an edge of the glass panel and extend along an adjacent planar portion of the glass panel, the flange engaging channel and the window receiving channel being continuously curvilinear from a free end of the flange engaging channel to a free end of the window receiving channel, the backbone including an inflection point intermediate the flange engaging channel and the window receiving channel, and a sealing lip connected to the backbone and extending into the window receiving channel, the sealing lip having a different hardness than the backbone.