Patent ID: 7360268

Claim:
A seal for aircraft boarding stairs or a boarding bridge, including a U-shaped bellows ( 5 ) spanning a gangway bottom plate ( 10 ), said bellows ( 5 ) comprising a flexible frame ( 3 ) at its one open end, said flexible frame having a bumper ( 4 ) made from an elastically resilient material, wherein the U-shaped bellows ( 5 ) comprises two legs ( 5 a ) that are joined together by a web ( 5 b ), said bellows ( 5 ) being separable at least in the region of at least one of the two legs ( 5 a ) and wherein the flexible frame ( 3 ) forms a pocket ( 3 f ) in the region of the web ( 5 b ) of the bellows ( 5 ), said flexible frame ( 3 ) of the leg ( 5 a ) and/or of the web ( 5 b ) of said bellows ( 5 ) comprising a tonque ( 3 aa , 3 cc for reception by the pocket ( 3 f ).