Seal with siding channel
AssigneeJaeger-Unitek Sealing Solutions, Inc.
InventorsJason Cackley, Leon Bogucki, Makoto Sato, Raymond Young, Colton Phelan, Owen Strieter
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Abstract
A seal useful in sealing slide out rooms may be used singularly or in pairs to straddle a wall through which the opening is located. The seal includes a passageway for containing cabling. The passageway is cooperatively formed by a base, an offsetting member, a movable bulb, and a deformable rib. In use, the movable bulb may be lifted to access the passageway. When closed, the movable lid presses against and deforms the rib to create a substantially watertight seal around the passageway.
Claims23
A seal for a siding of a wall, the seal comprising:
- a base;
- an offsetting member extending substantially perpendicularly from the base, wherein a first end of the offsetting member is connected to the base;
- a bulb comprising a proximal side opposing a distal side, the bulb connected to a second end of the offsetting member;
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- a rib disposed between the base and the bulb and between the offsetting member and distal side of the bulb, wherein the rib is in contact with the base and the bulb when the bulb is in a first position.
A seal for a siding of a wall, the seal comprising:
- a base;
- a first offsetting member extending substantially perpendicularly from the base, wherein a first end of the first offsetting member is connected to the base;
- a hinge connecting the first offsetting member to a second offsetting member a bulb connected to the second offsetting member, the bulb comprising:
- a first sidewall,
- a second sidewall opposing the first sidewall,
- a pair of divots proximate each of the first and second sidewalls,
- an arcuate portion connecting the first and second sidewalls,
- a protruding portion connected to the first sidewall, wherein the protruding portion is in contact with the base when the bulb is in a first position,
- an inner wall, parallel to the base and connecting to the protruding portion at one end and connecting to the second sidewall and second offsetting member at a second end, and
- a rib extending from the inner wall of the bulb to the base, wherein the rib is in contact with the base when the bulb is in a first position and forms a passageway with the base, first offsetting member, second offsetting member, hinge, and inner wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.