Patent ID: 7384096

Claim:
A weather strip mounted on a peripheral part of a substantially rectangular opening formed in a roof of an automobile to be closed by a movable roof panel, comprising: a base portion fixed to the peripheral part of the opening; and a hollow seal portion projecting upward from the base portion, wherein when the movable roof panel is closed, the hollow seal portion is brought into contact with the movable roof panel and deformed to seal between the movable roof panel and the peripheral part of the opening; the hollow seal portion including: an inner peripheral side portion which extends substantially from an inner peripheral edge in the base portion toward an outer peripheral side of the opening, and an outer peripheral side portion connected to a distal end of the inner peripheral side portion to form a boundary portion between the inner peripheral side portion and the outer peripheral side portion, and connected to the base portion so that the hollow seal portion projects upward from the base portion; wherein the boundary portion is brought into contact with the movable roof panel when the movable roof panel is closed, and the boundary portion is located on an outer peripheral side of the opening with respect to a connecting portion between the outer peripheral side portion and the base portion, whereby when the movable roof panel is closed, the outer peripheral side portion is deformed to be folded toward the outer peripheral side of the opening.