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Sealing, trimming or guiding strips

  • US 20070101656A1
  • Filed: 10/03/2003
  • Published: 05/10/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A sealing, trimming or guiding strip for a window frame of a vehicle, said strip being disposed to selectively contact a window pane having an interior side and an exterior side, said strip comprising. a length of extruded material extending along and forming part of the strip, a portion of the extruded material along part only of the length thereof having been removed and replaced with molded material which is molded onto and thereby connected to the extruded material. the extruded material includes including a channel for receiving a flange of the window frame and a rigid reinforcing carrier embedded within the extruded material in a region corresponding to the channel, the channel remaining as part of the strip after removal of said portion of the extruded material, the molded material forming a first window pane receiving surface at the interior side of the window pane, the extruded material extending from the channel and having a second window pane receiving surface at the exterior side of the window pane and a generally oppositely facing surface directly visible from the exterior of the vehicle, this extended extruded material also remaining as part of the strip after removal of said portion of the extruded material.

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