Patent ID: 7086653

Claim:
A gasket assembly for sealing against EMI radiation between two confronting surfaces comprising: an elongated, deformable strip of electrically conductive material; a carrier including upper and lower arms, each hingedly attached to an elongated back panel and extending from said back panel in the same direction and in overlying relation to one another; said carrier back panel being attached longitudinally to said deformable strip along a midportion of a surface of said deformable strip; said carrier having a first configuration wherein said back panel is pivoted to overlie said lower arm for insertion of aid assembly between confronting surfaces and a second configuration wherein said back panel forms an acute angle, approaching a right angle, with said lower arm; and means for releasably securing said upper arm to said lower arm when said carrier is disposed in said second configuration; whereby, when said assembly, in said carrier first configuration, is inserted between confronting surfaces separated by a distance less than the width of said deformable strip and said carrier is moved to said second configuration, said deformable strip is deformed and compressed against said confronting surfaces to from an EMI seal along the length of the strip margins.