Flexible sealing unit for movable windows
AssigneeGenCorp Inc.
InventorRonald E. Dupuy
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Abstract
A sealing unit for a movable window of a vehicle. The sealing unit includes a one-piece, elongated, flexible sealing member having a first portion for mounting the sealing unit to a frame of a vehicle and a second portion for receiving the movable window, and a flexible, decorative trim associated with a surface of the sealing member that is viewable from the exterior of the vehicle when the sealing unit is mounted to the frame. Both the sealing member and the decorative trim are sufficiently flexible to permit the sealing unit to conform to the contour of the frame when the sealing unit is mounted to the frame in a single mounting operation to provide a substantially continuous seal between the frame and the sealing unit.
Claims11
A sealing unit for a movable window, said sealing unit comprising a prefabricated sealing unit mountable to a frame for providing a seal between said movable window and said frame, said prefabricated sealing unit comprising:
- an elongated, flexible sealing member including a first portion for mounting said prefabricated sealing unit to said frame, and a second portion for receiving said movable window;
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- a flexible, decorative trim strip affixed to a surface of said sealing member which will be an external surface when said prefabricated sealing unit is mounted to said frame, both said sealing member and said decorative trim strip affixed thereto being sufficiently flexible to permit said prefabricated sealing unit to accurately conform to the contour of said frame as said prefabricated sealing unit is being mounted to said frame for providing a substantially continuous seal between said frame and said prefabricated sealing unit.
A sealing unit for a movable window of a vehicle, said sealing unit comprising a prefabricated sealing unit mountable to a frame of said vehicle for providing a seal between said movable window and said frame, said prefabricated sealing unit comprising:
- an elongated, flexible sealing member including a first portion for mounting said prefabricated sealing unit to said frame and a second portion for receiving said movable window;
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- a flexible, decorative trim strip affixed to a surface of said sealing member that will be viewable from the exterior of said vehicle when said prefabricated sealing unit is mounted to said frame, both said sealing member and said decorative trim strip affixed thereto having sufficient flexibility to permit said prefabricated sealing unit to accurately conform to the contour of said frame as said prefabricated sealing unit is being mounted to said frame for providing a substantially continuous seal between said frame and said prefabricated sealing unit.
A method for providing a seal for a movable window of a vehicle, comprising:
- providing a prefabricated flexible sealing unit by
- (a) providing an elongated flexible sealing member having a first portion for mounting said sealing unit to a frame of said vehicle and a second portion for receiving a movable window, and
- (b) affixing a flexible, decorative trim strip to a surface of said sealing member at a position that will be viewable from the exterior of said vehicle when said prefabricated sealing unit is mounted to said frame;
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- mounting said prefabricated sealing unit to said frame by mounting said first portion of said flexible sealing member to said frame while, at the same time, accurately conforming said flexible prefabricated sealing unit to the contour of said frame.
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