Patent ID: 7070224

Claim:
A sealing structure for a vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises a roof which opens by being folded or removed, a pair of front pillars and a header that extends between top ends of said front pillars and secures a top end of a front glass, said sealing structure comprising: a weather strip which is mounted to the header and comprises seal portions to seal between the header and a front end of the roof by making an resilient contact with said front end when said roof is in a closed position; a roof side weather strip which comprises a seal portion which makes a resilient contact with a side glass of the vehicle when the side glass is in a closed position, and a sub-seal portion mounted on the seal portion to form a seal against said roof by resiliently contacting a side portion of said roof; wherein said sub-seal portion comprises a fin-shaped seal portion, which bends in an interior side of said vehicle at a front end thereof, and which makes a resilient contact with said weather strip when said roof is in the closed position; and wherein the fin-shaped seal portion has a lower rigidity than at least a portion of the weather strip that is contacted by the fin-shaped seal portion.