Patent ID: 7093838

Claim:
A gasket assembly, comprising: a gasket having a woven sheath comprised of a multiplicity of strands and a wire mesh core, the wire mesh core defining a gasket interior volume; and a clip for engaging the gasket, the clip comprising a head having an apex, a pair of shoulders and a neck, the clip having a longitudinal axis; a base attached to the head, the base comprising at least one coil course, the coil course having a plane and an interior space defined by a base perimeter, the longitudinal axis of the head extending perpendicular from the interior space of the coil course in a first direction to the plane of the coil course, the first direction above the plane of the coil course; wherein the base further includes a tail, the tail depending from the plane of the base in a second direction, the second direction generally below the plane of the coil course, the clip comprising a single resilient wire having a first end and a second end, the second end of the resilient wire comprising the tail.