Patent ID: 8919045

Claim:
A seal comprising: an elongated strip, the elongated strip comprising an intermediate segment and a plurality of lateral segments, the intermediate segment comprising a first thermoplastic material, wherein the first thermoplastic material comprises at least one material selected from a group of materials consisting of a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), a thermoplastic elastomeric polyolefin (TPO), a thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV), a styrene/ethylene-butelene/styrene block copolymer (SEBS) and an ethylene propylene-diene monomer (EPMD), wherein the lateral segments comprise a second thermoplastic material and a filler material, wherein the intermediate segment does not comprise the filler material, wherein the second thermoplastic material has a durometer hardness greater than said first thermoplastic material, wherein the second thermoplastic material comprises at least one material selected from a group of materials consisting of polypropylene (PP), a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), a thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) and a thermoplastic elastomeric polyolefin (TPO), wherein the filler material comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of calcium carbonate, mica, talc, wood floor and glass beads, wherein the elongated strip is bent to form a bulb section of the first thermoplastic material provided with a polygonal cross-sectional configuration, wherein a mount section is defined by first portions of the lateral segments disposed in abutting relation and secured together, and second portions of the lateral segments projecting laterally of the respective first portions, providing an inverted T-shaped configuration, wherein the material of the bulb section has a durometer hardness in the range of 20 to 90 Shore A and the material of the mount section has a durometer hardness in the range of 40 to 90 Shore D.