Patent ID: 6966601

Claim:
A weather strip for a vehicle door configured to be fitted to an upper edge flange of a door inner panel forming a window opening edge of the vehicle door having a lifting/lowering window pane, the weather strip comprising: a main body portion extending longitudinally and having an insertion groove to be fitted to the upper edge flange from above, the insertion groove configured to allow the upper edge flange to be inserted therein; a seal lip portion extending longitudinally along the main body portion and projecting integrally from the main body portion to be in resilient contact with the lifting/lowering window pane along the main body portion; a resilient retainer to be resiliently engaged with a door trim, the resilient retainer formed integrally with the main body portion; and a shielding lip extending longitudinally along the main body portion and projecting integrally from the main body portion substantially upward to cover an exterior side end portion of the upper portion of the door trim, wherein the shielding lip is made of a material elastically deformable and softer than the main body portion; and the material contains at least one of rubber and a synthetic resin material, the main body portion includes a fixing portion integrally formed therewith and configured to be engaged with the upper edge flange when the insertion groove is fitted to the upper edge flange so that the weather strip is fixed at a predetermined position on the upper edge flange, and the resilient retainer is projected outward from the main body portion substantially in a horizontal direction when the insertion groove is fitted to the upper edge flange so that the resilient retainer is substantially perpendicular to an attaching portion provided at an upper portion of the door trim projecting substantially in a vertical direction.