Automotive water-shield with drip ledge to prevent water leaks
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorLohitha Dewasurendra
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Abstract
A water-shield includes a flexible body having a drip ledge. That drip ledge is displaceable between a first position and a second position. A door assembly includes a wall and the water-shield. In the second position, the drip ledge extends through an access opening in the wall to divert water away from the dry side of the wall. A related method is also disclosed.
Claims16
A water-shield comprising a flexible body including a drip ledge wherein said drip ledge is displaceable between a first position and a second position.
A door assembly, comprising:
- a wall having a wet side, a dry side and an access opening;
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- a water-shield secured to said wall and closing said access opening, said water-shield including a flexible body having a drip ledge wherein said drip ledge is displaceable between a first position and a second position.
A method of installing a water-shield to a wall within a door assembly, comprising:
- securing said water-shield to a dry side of said wall overlying an access opening in said wall;
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- flipping a drip ledge of said water-shield from a first position to a second position wherein said drip ledge extends through said access opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.