Patent ID: 7197850

Claim:
A door weather strip mountable on an outer periphery of a front door of an automobile, comprising: a mounting base portion having a substantially flat bottom configured to be retained by a retainer of a door panel; a hollow seal portion integrally formed with the mounting base portion; a sub-seal lip provided on a portion of an exterior side of the hollow seal portion, where the exterior side is to face an exterior of the automobile when the mounting base portion is mounted on the outer periphery of the front door of the automobile; and a backside seal lip projecting between the sub-seal lip and the mounting base portion so that a tip end of the backside seal lip abuts with a door panel of the front door, a groove being defined among the sub-seal lip, the backside seal lip, and a part of the door panel; wherein the door weather strip seals between the front door and an automobile body by deforming the hollow seal portion and the sub-seal lip when the front door is closed; at least one leading member disposed in the groove to lead water in the groove to the exterior of the automobile, the at least one leading member extending transversely across the groove from the backside seal lip to the sub-seal lip to close off a section of the groove, the at least one leading member being, continuous at least from the backside seal lip, the at least one leading member being formed in an area corresponding to a front pillar of the front door; the leading member intersects with an extending direction of the backside seal lip so as to form an acute angle therebetween; and the extending direction is a direction in which water flows down.