Patent ID: 7182384

Claim:
A sealing gasket for attachment to an attachment surface of an object, the sealing gasket comprising: an elongated member made of a deformable and at least somewhat resilient polymeric material; the elongated member defining a lumen passing through at least a length of the elongated member; the elongated member having a first undeformed configuration, the first undeformed configuration having a cross-section through a plane that is perpendicular to the length of the elongated member; the cross-section having a first cross-sectional shape having two portions at opposite ends of the cross-section, a first semi-circular portion containing a void defining at least a portion of the lumen as the lumen passes through the cross-section and a second triangular portion having two generally converging sides; the elongated member having a plurality of outer surfaces, a first outer surface that is a generally curved surface located at a first end of the cross-section proximate the generally first semi-circular portion, and second and third outer surfaces that are generally flat surfaces that extend away from the first end along the respective converging sides of the second triangular portion towards a second end of the cross-section where the respective converging sides meet, the first outer surface being curved toward the second and third outer surfaces at opposite ends of the first outer surface; and the second and third outer surfaces generally converging toward one another as they extend away from the first outer surface so that the first cross-section is increasingly smaller in width as it extends along the second triangular portion, toward the second end; an adhesive strip attached to the elongated member along a generally flat outer surface selected from the group consisting of the second and third outer surfaces, the adhesive strip providing a sealant for adherence to the attachment surface of the object.