Patent ID: 6959848

Claim:
A sealing gasket for sealing gaps, the sealing gasket comprising: an elongated member made of a deformable and at least somewhat resilient polymeric material; the elongated member defining first and second lumens passing through at least a first length of the elongated member; the elongated member having a first undeformed configuration in which a first cross-section of the elongated member, perpendicular to the first length, has two portions, a first triangular portion having two converging sides of generally equal length and a second semi-circular portion shaped generally like a semi-circle, which combine to form a generally teardrop-shaped cross-sectional shape; the first lumen having a generally rounded cross-sectional shape when the elongated member is in the first undeformed configuration; wherein the elongated member has a plurality of outer surfaces, a first outer surface being a generally curved surface located at a first end of the first cross-section proximate the generally semi-circular-shaped second portion, and second and third outer surfaces being generally flat surfaces which extend away from the first end along the converging sides of the generally triangularly-shaped first portion towards a second end of the first cross-section where the converging sides meet, the first outer surface being curved toward the second and third outer surfaces at opposite ends of the first outer surface, and the second and third outer surfaces generally converging toward one another as they extend away from the first outer surface such that they come closer together so that the first cross-section is smaller in width at the second end than at a junction between the first outer surface and the second and third outer surfaces, the second lumen having a narrowing cross-sectional shape when the elongated member is in the undeformed configuration.