Door seals
AssigneeJaguar Cars Limited
InventorDonald J. Moore
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Abstract
A door seal is formed as an elongate strip of resilient material, the strip defining a body section having formations by which it may be secured around a door opening so that it is disposed inboard of a sideglass of the door when the door is closed and the sideglass raised; a lip section extending outwardly from the body section, the lip section being joined to the body section by a root portion and having a tip at the end remote from the root portion, the tip being directed back towards the body section such that when the door is closed with the sideglass raised, the tip will be deflected inwardly towards the root portion and the lip section will engage the sideglass on its outer surface.
Claims10
A door seal for a vehicle, for providing a seal between a door opening and a sideglass of a door comprising an elongate resilient strip having a body section adapted to be secured to the vehicle around the door opening, so that the body section is disposed inboard of the sideglass when the door is closed and the sideglass raised;
- and a lip section extending outwardly from the body section at an acute angle thereto, the lip section having a root portion by which it is attached to the body section and a tip remote from the root portion, the tip being directed back towards the body section such that when the door is closed with the sideglass raised, the tip will be deflected inwardly towards the root portion and the lip section will be engaged by the sideglass and will engage the sideglass on its outer surface and the body section of the seal engaging the sideglass on its inner surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.