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US 5,287,656 AGranted
Weatherstrip assembly
AssigneeUltrafab, Inc.
InventorLarry E. Johnson
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Abstract
A weatherstrip assembly 8 for a window 6 includes a weatherstrip 20 with a backing strip 20 with pile fibers 22. The weatherstrip 20 is retained in a channel 10 of window 6. The channel 10 has a flexible wall 14 that is resilient and temporarily deformable to expand the cross-sectional area of channel 10 while the weatherstrip 20 is inserted into channel 10.
Claims6
A weatherstrip assembly comprising:
- an elongated channel having a rectangular cross-sectional area defined by a base and a pair of walls spaced apart and extending vertically from said base and an opening in said channel opposite said base, wherein at least one of said walls is flexible for temporarily expanding the cross-sectional area of said channel so that a weatherstrip member may be inserted into or removed form said channel, said weatherstrip member providing said weatherstrip assembly when inserted into said channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.