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US 2024/0123801 A1Published application
Corner cover, sealing assembly and method of installing the corner cover
AssigneeArnold JäGer Holding GmbH
InventorsJason CACKLEY, Raymond YOUNG, Kevin CASEY, Leon BOGUCKI, Scott KOPPEN
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a corner cover, comprising a first elongated section; a second elongated section, joined to the first elongated section in a connection area, wherein the first elongated section and the second elongated section extending away from each other in different directions; a flip section; and an attachment section.
Claims18
A corner cover, in particular for a sealing system provided on a sidewall, such as a sidewall of a recreational vehicle, comprising:
- a first elongated section;
- a second elongated section, joined to the first elongated section in a connection area, wherein the first elongated section and the second elongated section extending away from each other in different directions;
- a flip section;
- and
- an attachment section;
- wherein each of the elongated sections comprises a curved portion and transition portions joined to the curved portion defining an interior of the respective elongated section for accommodating the seals of the sealing system, at least in part,
- wherein each of the elongated sections comprises an open end on one of their front sides for receiving the seal in the interior of the elongated sections, and
- wherein the flip section is joined to the transition portion of at least one of the elongated sections such that the flip section protrudes into the interior of the at least one elongated section, allowing the flip section to be clamped by a seal accommodated in the respective elongated section.
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A sealing assembly for a sidewall, such as a sidewall of a recreational vehicle, comprising:
- a sealing system comprising
- a first longitudinally elongated seal having a first cut edge, and
- a second longitudinally elongated seal having a second cut edge, wherein the elongated seals extending away from each other in different directions,
- wherein each of the seals comprises a base, a bulb portion movably attached to the base in a cantilevered manner and a wiper extending from the base, wherein the bulb portion has an arcuate portion extending into a sidewall portion and into an inner wall defining an enclosed space within the respective bulb portion;
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- a corner cover, comprising
- a first elongated section;
- a second elongated section, joined to the first elongated section in a connection area, wherein the first elongated section and the second elongated section extending away from each other in different directions;
- a flip section;
- and
- an attachment section;
- wherein each of the elongated sections comprises a curved portion and transition portions joined to the curved portion defining an interior of the respective elongated section, wherein the seals of the sealing system are accommodated in the interior at least in part, covering the cut edges of the seals,
- wherein each of the elongated sections comprises an open end on one of their front sides for receiving the seals in the interior of the elongated sections, and
- wherein the flip section is joined to the transition portion of at least one of the elongated sections such that the flip section protrudes into the interior of the respective elongated section, wherein the flip section is clamped between the bulb portion and the base of the seal accommodated in the respective elongated section.
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A method for installing a corner cover on a sealing system, comprising the steps of:
- providing a sealing system attached to a sidewall around a rectangular opening, such as a sidewall of a recreational vehicle, the sealing systems comprises:
- a first longitudinally elongated seal having a first cut edge and installed on a vertical surface of the sidewall and
- a second longitudinally elongated seal having a second cut edge and installed on a horizontal surface of the sidewall,
- wherein each of the seals comprises a base, a bulb portion movably attached to the base in a cantilevered manner and a wiper extending from the base,
- wherein the bulb portion has an arcuate portion extending into a sidewall portion and into an inner wall defining an enclosed space within the respective bulb portion,
- providing a corner cover, comprising
- a first elongated section;
- a second elongated section, joined to the first elongated section in a connection area, wherein the first elongated section and the second elongated section extending away from each other in different directions;
- a flip section;
- and
- an attachment section;
- wherein each of the elongated sections comprises a curved portion and transition portions joined to the curved portion defining an interior of the respective elongated section and each of the elongated sections comprises an open end on one of their front sides;
- and
- wherein the flip section is joined to the transition portion of at least one of the elongated sections such that the flip section protrudes into the interior of the respective elongated section;
- bending up the bulb portion of at least one of the seals to provide a gap between the respective base and the respective inner wall of the at least one seal;
- placing the flip section of the provided corner cover inside the gap provided between the respective base and the respective inner wall;
- snapping back the bulb portion tucking the flip section of the corner cover under the bulb portion;
- accommodating the seal inside the interior of the respective elongate section, at least in part, covering the cut edges of the seals;
- and
- fixedly connecting the corner cover to the sealing system and/or the sidewall via the attachment section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.