Cuttably replaceable bulb seal

A seal for living quarters having main living area walls defining a main living area, an aperture in one of said main living area walls slidably receiving a slide out room having slide out room walls defining auxiliary living space, said one main living area wall having an outside surface, an inside surface, and a transverse surface extending between said inside and outside surfaces, said transverse surface defining said aperture, said seal comprising:

• an attaching member for extending along said one main living area wall adjacent to said aperture, a wiper seal extending from said attaching member, said wiper seal for engaging one of said slide out room walls;
• said attaching member having a groove connector, said groove connector formed from a pair of upstanding walls extending from and substantially perpendicular to said attaching member, each said upstanding wall terminating in a corresponding overhanging wall being substantially parallel to and spaced from said attaching member, said upstanding walls and said overhanging walls forming L-shaped tabs, said L-shaped tabs cooperating to form said groove connector;
• an integral bulb portion resiliently joined to one of said overhanging walls, said integral bulb portion having a wall portion forming an enclosed area;
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• a flipover wall resiliently connected to a terminal edge of the other of said overhanging walls, said flipover wall and said attaching member forming a hidden cavity when said flipover wall is trapped by said one overhanging wall, when said flipover wall is severed from said other overhanging wall, said groove connector can receive a complementary tongue portion on a replacement bulb seal.

A seal for living quarters having main living area walls defining a main living area, an aperture in one of said main living area walls slidably receiving a slide out room having slide out room walls defining auxiliary living space, said one main living area wall having an outside surface, an inside surface, and a transverse surface extending between said inside and outside surfaces, said transverse surface defining said aperture, said seal comprising:

• an attaching member for extending along said one main living area wall adjacent to said aperture, a wiper seal extending from said attaching member, said wiper seal for engaging one of said slide out room walls;
• said attaching member having a groove connector, said groove connector formed from a pair of upstanding walls extending from and substantially perpendicular to said attaching member, each said upstanding wall terminating in a corresponding overhanging wall being substantially parallel to and spaced from said attaching member, said upstanding walls and said overhanging walls forming L-shaped tabs, said L-shaped tabs cooperating to form said groove connector;
• an integral bulb portion resiliently joined to one of said overhanging walls, said integral bulb portion having a wall portion forming an enclosed area;
• a flipover wall resiliently connected to a terminal edge of one of said L-shaped tabs, said flipover wall and said attaching member forming a hidden cavity when said flipover wall is trapped by said one overhanging wall;
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• said groove connector can receive a complementary tongue portion on a replacement bulb seal.