Molding trim attaching clip

• US 3,189,143 A
• Filed: 04/19/1963
• Issued: 06/15/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: James E. Adams
• Original Assignee: James E. Adams
• Inventors: Adams, James E.
• Application Number:
  US04/274,079
• Time in Patent Office: 788 Days
• US Class Current: 52/208
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/365 comprising beads
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/70 specially adapted for windows or windscreens

Claims

1. IN AN AUTOMOBILE BODY HAVING A WINDOW PANEL AND A RESILIENT RUBBER SEALING STRIP EMBRACING THE EDGE PORTIONS OF THE PANEL AND IN SEALING ENGGEMENT WITH THE AUTOMOBILE BODY, SAID STRIP HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY WEDGE SHAPED NOTCH COEXTENSIVE THEREWITH AND DISPOSED ADJACENT THE OUTER SIDE OF THE WINDOW PANEL, A SERIES OF SPACED SHEET METAL MOLDING RECEIVING CLIPS HAVING A LEG PORTION DISPOSED IN SAID NOTCH AND ARRANGED ALTERNATELY SO THAT THE LEG PORTION OF ONE CLIP ENGAGES ONE SIDE WALL OF THE NOTCH AND THE LEG PORTION OF THE ADJACENT CLIP ENGAGES THE OTHER SIDE WALL OF THE NOTCH, AND INTEGRAL LATERALLY EXTENDING UPWARDLY CAMBERED ARM ON THE OUTER END OF THE LEG PORTION OF EACH OF SAID CLIPS TERMINATING IN AN INWARDLY CURLEDD LIP, THE CAMBERED ARM OF ONE CLIP EXTENDING IN ONE DIRECTION ON THE OUTER SIDE OF THE SEALING STRIP AND THE CAMBERED ARM OF THE ADJACENT CLIP EXTENDING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION ON THE OUTER SIDE OF SAID SEALING STRIP, AND A RESILIENT SPREADER STRIP CROWDED INTO SAID WEDGE-SHAPED NOTCH FOR RETAINING THE CLIPS IN PLACE AND CLAMPING THE SEALING STRIP TO THE EDGE PORTIONS OF THE WINDOW PANEL.