Patent ID: 8839564

Claim:
A door seal assembly for use in sealing a periphery of each of a pair of doors, said seal assembly comprising: a first monolithic seal made of a resilient, elastically deformable material, said first seal including: a first plurality of seal portions; a first plurality of seal corners, each of said first plurality of seal corners integrally joining two of said first plurality of seal portions; and said first plurality of seal portions joined by said first plurality of seal corners to form a closed profile sized to fit a first truck door, said first plurality of seal portions cooperating to define a first sealing lobe extending continuously around a periphery of said first seal; and a second monolithic seal made of a resilient, elastically deformable material, said second seal including: a second plurality of seal portions; a second plurality of seal corners, each of said second plurality of seal corners integrally joining two of said second plurality of seal portions; and said second plurality of seal portions joined by said second plurality of seal corners to form a closed profile sized to fit a second truck door, said second plurality of seal portions cooperating to define at least one second sealing lobe extending continuously around a periphery of said second seal and sized to sealingly engage said first sealing lobe of said first monolithic seal along respective adjacent edges of said first and second doors, said first and second sealing lobes mutually elastically deformable against one another when said first truck door and said second truck door are in a closed position, such that the interaction between said first and second sealing lobes creates a tortuous, arcuate contact profile wherein each of the first and second sealing lobes define a convex-to-concave inflection, whereby a robust liquid-tight inner seal between said first truck door and said second truck door is created which is resistant to outside forces such as vibration, shock and wind.