Patent ID: 6938378

Claim:
A weather strip, which is composed of an elastic material, for attachment to a door opening portion along a side of a roof of a motor vehicle, the weather strip comprising: a bottom portion to be attached to a weather strip attaching surface, which is provided along door opening portion, said bottom portion having a width corresponding to that of said weather strip attaching surface, said weather strip attaching surface being composed of a base plate of a roof-side moulding, which is placed under the door opening portion and secured to the door opening portion; and a seal wall of which side ends are respectively connected to said bottom portion to define a tubular space having a generally elliptical cross-section of which the height is less than the width of said bottom portion, said seal wall extending downwardly in a smooth curved shape, further extending inwardly and facing said bottom portion with spacing, wherein the seal wall is capable of being pushed by a peripheral edge of a door glass that is raised to a fully closed position, wherein a first widthwise section of said bottom portion, which is located at an inner side of the bottom portion, composed of a solid material, and a second widthwise section of said bottom portion, which is located at an outer side of the bottom portion, and said seal wall are continuously composed of a sponge material, said second widthwise section of said bottom portion having a thickness that is approximately identical to that of said seal wall, wherein said second widthwise section extends along an outer section of said base plate of said roof-side moulding to be continuous with said seal wall and said first widthwise section of said bottom portion an has engaging part that forms an interlocking engagement with an inner portion of said base plate of said roof-side moulding.