Weather strip

• US 3,357,137 A
• Filed: 08/02/1965
• Issued: 12/12/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Joseph M. Kapusta, Michael W. Lombardi
• Original Assignee: Joseph M. Kapusta, Michael W. Lombardi
• Inventors: Lombardi, Michael W., Kapusta, Joseph M.
• Application Number:
  US04/476,360
• Time in Patent Office: 862 Days
• US Class Current: 49/475.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/15 characterised by the material
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/16 consisting of two or more plastic materials having different physical or chemical properties B60J10/17 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 10/80 specially adapted for opening panels, e.g. doors for non-fixed roofs B60J10/90
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 7/2301 without an integrally formed part for fixing the edging
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 7/2314 characterised by the material
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 264/13 Cell size and distribution control while molding a foam
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 277/921 Closure or weather strip seal
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/249976 Voids specified as closed
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/249981 Plural void-containing components

Claims

2. IN COMBINATION, A FLEXIBLE RESILIENT WEATHER STRIP MOUNTED TO THE INNER PERIPHERAL FACE OF AN AUTOMOBILE DOOR OR TRUNK LID FOR BRIDGING THE SPACE BETWEN THE AUTOMOBILE DOOR OR TRUNK LID AND THE AUTOMOBILE BODY WHEN THE AUTOMOBILE DOOR OR TRUNK LID IS CLOSED, SAID WEATHER STRIP COMPRISING A RESILIENT OPEN-CELL CELLULAR MATERIAL COMPONENT ADJACENT THE INNER PERIPHERAL FACE OF THE AUTOMOBILE DOOR OR TRUNK LID TO WHICH THE WEATHER STRIP IS MOUNTED AND A RESILIENT CLOSED-CELL MATERIAL SEALING COMPONENT WHICH IS IN SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE AUTOMOBILE BODY WHEN THE DOOR OR TRUNK LID TO WHICH THE WEATHER STRIP IS MOUNTED IS CLOSED AND LATCHED.