Patent ID: 8490334

Claim:
A glass run for use in a motor vehicle, which is adapted to be attached along an inner periphery of a door frame of a vehicle door for providing a seal between the door frame and a door glass, comprising: an upper side portion which is formed by extrusion and adapted to be attached to an upper side of the door frame; a front vertical portion which is formed by extrusion and adapted to be attached to a front vertical side of the door frame; a rear vertical portion which is formed by extrusion and adapted to be attached to a rear vertical side of the door frame; a front corner portion which is formed by molding to join said upper side portion and said front vertical portion to each other; a rear corner portion which is formed by molding to join said upper side portion and said rear vertical portion to each other; and an ornamental molding portion which is formed by molding and provided to extend from said rear corner portion towards an outer weather strip attached to a belt line of the vehicle door for attachment on an exterior side of the door glass, wherein said front vertical portion, said upper side portion, said front corner portion, said rear corner portion and said rear vertical portion respectively include an outer side wall, a bottom wall, and inner side wall, and define a generally U-shaped cross-section, an outer seal lip extends from an open end of said outer side wall so as to obliquely project in an interior defined by said outer side wall, said inner side wall and said bottom wall, an inner seal lip extends from an open end of said inner side wall so as to obliquely project in an interior defined by said outer side wall, said inner side wall and said bottom wall, whereby the door glass slides between said outer seal lip and said inner seal lip, an outer cover lip and an inner cover lip are provided so as to extend from said open end of said outer side wall and said open end of said inner side wall along exterior surfaces of said outer side wall and said inner side wall, respectively, an upper end of said ornamental molding portion is integrally jointed to said rear corner portion during the forming of the rear corner portion, whereas a lower part of said ornamental molding portion extends obliquely from the rear corner portion so as to be positioned frontwardly of said rear vertical portion, said ornamental molding portion includes a base part for attachment to an outer panel of the door frame, and an ornamental lip part integrally formed from a front side edge of said base part to extend along said base part, said base part and said ornamental lip part hold a tip end of an outer panel of the door frame, said ornamental lip part is formed such that an upper end of said ornamental lip part is formed continuously with said outer cover lip of said rear corner portion, and a lower end of said ornamental lip part contacts said outer weather strip.