Patent ID: 7293820

Claim:
A weather strip for a motor vehicle, which is capable of providing a seal between an opening portion of a vehicle body, and a closing member for closing the opening portion, comprising: a base portion in which a flange provided in one of the opening portion of the vehicle body and the closing member is adapted to be inserted; and a seal portion integrally formed with said base portion for contacting one of the opening portion and the closing member, and sealing between the opening portion and the closing member, wherein an insert member is embedded in said base portion, and said base portion has one of a generally U-shaped cross-section and a generally J-shaped cross-section and includes an outer side wall, an inner side wall and a bottom wall, said outer side wall has a bending part along an open end of said outer side wall, an extension wall extends from said bending part, and said extension wall is bonded to a body panel defining one of said opening portion and said closing member, which is adjacent to said flange, with a double-sided adhesive tape over the entire length of said weather strip with a bending angle of said bending part locally varied.