Patent ID: 7669370

Claim:
A weather strip for sealing between a opening/closing member of a vehicle and a peripheral part of a vehicle body opening of the vehicle, comprising: an attaching base portion adapted to be attached to a flange formed at one of the opening/closing member and the peripheral part; and a hollow seal portion formed integrally with the attaching base portion and adapted to contact against the other of the opening/closing member and the peripheral part to seal between the opening/closing member and the peripheral part; the attaching base portion includes at least a bottom wall and an exterior side wall to define a generally L-shaped cross section; wherein an elongation/shrinkage prevention portion is formed in the exterior side wall such that a neutral plane of curvature when the attaching base portion is curved in a widthwise direction thereof is located at a position closer to a widthwise distal end of the exterior side wall than an interconnecting portion between the exterior side wall and the bottom wall; the hollow seal portion includes a sealing contact portion for contacting with the other of the opening/closing member and the peripheral part, a first hollow connecting portion interconnecting one side end of the sealing contact portion and an exterior surface of the exterior side wall located at a position closer to the widthwise distal end of the exterior side wall than the elongation/shrinkage prevention portion, and a second hollow connecting portion interconnecting another side end of the sealing contact portion and the exterior surface of the exterior side wall located at a root portion of the exterior side wall; and a double adhesive tape is bonded at least to a region on an interior side surface of the exterior side wall defined between a widthwise distal end of the exterior side wall and a portion at which the first hollow connecting portion and the exterior side wall are interconnected.