Patent ID: 8051607

Claim:
A weather strip comprising: a trim portion comprising a U-shaped cross section adapted to be mounted on a flange along a circumferential portion of a door opening of a vehicle body; a hollow seal portion protruded from the trim portion so as to be brought into contact with a vehicle door and deformed when the vehicle door is closed; and a flocked portion adhered with an adhesive layer which comprises an adhesive comprising a water-based urethane on at least a predetermined area of an external surface of the hollow seal portion and comprising a plurality of pile fibers bonded to the adhesive layer to form a plurality of the piles so as to be angled randomly with respect to a direction normal to the external surface of the hollow seal portion, wherein the hollow seal portion comprises a lip portion which covers an end portion of an interior component, wherein the adhesive for adhesion of the pile fibers comprises an extensibility of 100% or greater after setting, and wherein the adhesive comprising the water-based urethane further comprises a carbodiimide hardening agent or an epoxy hardening agent.