Patent ID: 7316097

Claim:
A glass run channel for a vehicle, the glass run channel being mountable, in an attached state, along a window frame of the vehicle for guiding a slidable window pane, the glass run channel being made of a thermoplastic elastomer having a first coefficient of friction with respect to the window frame, the glass run channel comprising: a base portion made of the thermoplastic elastomer having the first coefficient of friction, the base portion opposing a bottom face of the window frame when the glass run channel is mounted on the window frame; a pair of side wall portions made of the thermoplastic elastomer having the first coefficient of friction, the side wall portions extending from the base portion, the side wall portions each including a contact point that contacts the window frame in an attaching operation, the contact points being exposed such that the thermoplastic elastomer having the first coefficient of friction can contact the window frame in the attaching operation; at least one cover lip protruding from a corresponding one of the side wall portions, the cover lip covering a gap between the window frame and the glass run channel; at least one elastically deformable contacting lip protruding from a distal end, or from near a distal end, of a respective one of the side wall portions toward the base portion; a plurality of projections, projecting outwards at least from respective ends of the base portion or from the respective side wall portions, which engage inner faces of the window frame when the glass run channel is mounted, the plurality of projections being made of the thermoplastic elastomer having the first coefficient of friction; and a first non-slip portion made of a material having a second coefficient of friction with respect to the window frame, the second coefficient of friction being larger than the first coefficient of friction, wherein the first non-slip portion is integral with the base portion, and is pressed against the bottom face of the window frame due to a force applied by the plurality of projections when the glass run channel is mounted on the window frame.