Patent ID: 7360825

Claim:
A drip molding for a vehicle, supported by a pillar at a corner of the front or back of a body of the vehicle, so as to drain waterdrops entering a side edge of a windowpane on the front or back side of the vehicle, said pillar having a width dimension and a depth dimension and defining a range, which extends horizontally, over which a driver's field of vision is interrupted, the drip molding comprising: an attachment base attached to the pillar and disposed within the range so as to be concealed from a driver's view; a glass pane sealing part for sealing a gap between the attachment base and the side edge of the windowpane; and a furnishing lip part having a canopy shape, extending from the attachment base to a front surface of the windowpane, so as to form a drainage path between the furnishing lip part and the windowpane, said furnishing lip part being contained within the range so as to be concealed from the driver's view while extending toward an edge of the range, wherein the pillar includes an outer panel having a protruding portion exposed to the outside of the vehicle, and the attachment base is attached to a side face of the outer panel; the outer panel is arranged close to a door of the vehicle so that the furnishing lip part extends from the attachment base to the edge of the range; on the outside of the furnishing lip part, a bent surface is arranged so as to form an arc shape bending toward the front surface of the windowpane, said bent surface being curved so as to provide an air flow-adjustment effect; and an inner face of the furnishing lip part is arc-shaped such that a distance from the inner face to the front surface of the windowpane gradually and continuously increases from a head toward a root of the furnishing lip part, whereby sufficient space is provided by the drainage path between the inner face of the furnishing lip part and the windowpane to efficiently guide waterdrops that enter said drainage path, wherein: the glass pane sealing part is made of a soft material; at a position where the attachment base and the pillar are put in close contact with each other, a member made of a soft material is also arranged between the attachment base and the pillar; and the other parts of the drip molding are made of a hard material.