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Flush glass window molding

  • US 5,603,546 A
  • Filed: 02/06/1996
  • Issued: 02/18/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/06/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A window molding for an automotive vehicle located between a substantially transparent window panel and an adjacent vehicle body panel, said window panel having an outside surface and an inside surface, both of which are peripherally bordered by an edge therearound, said adjacent vehicle body panel having an appearance surface with an offset portion formed therefrom, ending with an inwardly turned flange being substantially parallel to said adjacent vehicle body panel, said window molding being comprised of an elongated flexible member with a typical cross sectional shape having a triangular shaped portion defined by a short visible triangular leg being substantially parallel to and flush with said outside surface of said window panel and said appearance surface of said vehicle body panel, said triangular-shaped portion being further defined by a window-side triangular leg extending generally perpendicularly from one end of a non-appearance side of said visible triangular leg, said triangular-shaped portion also being defined by a body-side triangular leg extending from a second end of said non-appearance side of said visible triangular leg and mating with said window-side triangular leg thereby forming an apex of said triangular-shaped portion, said visible triangular leg, said window-side triangular leg and said body-side triangular leg forming a triangular-shaped hollow therebetween, said window molding having a flexible finger located adjacent to said body-side triangular leg and being joined thereto at said apex of said triangular-shaped portion, said window molding having a base extending inward from said window-side triangular leg at a generally right angle and being joined thereto at said apex of said triangular-shaped portion, said base having an inside surface and an outside surface thereupon, said outside surface of said base being affixed to said inside surface of said window panel and said inside surface of said base being affixed to said flange of said vehicle body panel, whereby said triangular-shaped portion and said flexible finger substantially fill a gap created between said edge of said window panel and said offset portion of said vehicle body panel.

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