Boat winsdhield with one piece gasket

A labor saving method of manufacturing a boat windshield from a frame having a plurality of sides with an inwardly facing channel of each side, a transparent substantially rigid or semi-rigid piece of windshield material, and an integral one piece gasket comprising a plurality of extruded body sections of flexible material and having integral corners, said method comprising the steps of:

• (a) forming an integral one piece gasket of flexible material and having integral corners by fitting the extruded body sections together in a transfer mold and by injecting flexible material into the transfer mold to effect transfer molding of the corners of the gasket so that the corners are integral with the body sections;
• (b) fitting the piece of transparent windshield material into operative connection with the gasket so that the one piece gasket surrounds the exterior of the windshield material;
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• (c) without having to cut and fit the gasket material corners, inserting the gasket material into the inwardly facing channels of each of the frame sides so that the gasket substantially prevents water from passing between the frame and transparent windshield material in a completed boat windshield.

A boat windshield mounted on a boat and constructed from a frame having a plurality of sides with an inwardly facing channel of each side, a transparent substantially rigid or semi-rigid piece of windshield material, and an integral one piece gasket of flexible material formed by extruded body sections and having integral corners, the windshield constructed by a method comprising the steps of:

• (a) placing the extruded body sections into a transfer mold and transfer molding the corners so that they are integral with the body sections so that a one piece gasket is produced;
• (b) fitting the piece of transparent windshield material into operative connection with the gasket so that the one piece gasket surrounds the exterior of the windshield material;
• (c) without having to cut and fit the gasket material corners, inserting the gasket material into the inwardly facing channels of each of the frame sides so that the gasket substantially prevents water from passing between the frame and transparent windshield material in a completed boat windshield;
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• (d) installing the windshield on a boat.