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Automobile seal

  • US 4,952,442 A
  • Filed: 11/06/1989
  • Issued: 08/28/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An automobile seal, comprising:

  • (a) a U-shaped metal conduit embedded in a correspondingly shaped rubber channel for receiving an outstanding flange around an opening to be covered and sealed from the ambient atmosphere, the conduit and channel being substantially coextensive with the flange, the channel having a pair of legs for straddling the flange and a web for connecting the legs and covering the free distal end of the flange;

    (b) a plurality of resilient rubber fingers extending angularly from one of the legs towards the web and other opposing leg;

    (c) a single, hollow half-moon shaped rubber protuberance extending from the other leg in the direction of the fingers, the fingers and protuberance being coextensive with the legs; and

    (d) means carried by the protuberance in close proximity to the fingers and coacting with the fingers to grip the flange therebetween.

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