Self-adhesive corner seal for rebates

• US 6,112,469 A
• Filed: 05/10/1999
• Issued: 09/05/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Plasto Polymeres et Adhesifs
• Original Assignee: Plasto SA
• Inventors: Duc, Michel, Vuillemot, Valerie
• Primary Examiner(s): REDMAN, JERRY E
• Application Number:
  US09/309,058
• Time in Patent Office: 484 Days
• Field of Search: 49/475.1, 49/479.1, 49/498.1, 49/499.1, 49/493.1
• US Class Current: 49/498.1
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 7/2301 without an integrally formed part for fixing the edging
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 7/2303 hollow

Abstract

A corner seal for rebates includes a base (1) covered on one side (4) with an adhesive, a flexible lip (6) secured to the other side (5) of the base (1). The adhesive is a run (3) of adhesive and the base (1) is equipped with two lateral wings (2a, 2b) which between them form an angle approximately equal to the angle of the rebate (8).

Claims

1. A self-adhesive seal for a rebate, wherein the rebate has two surfaces forming a first angle, the seal comprising:

a base having a first side and a second side, the first side facing toward the first angle between the surfaces so as to form a triangle with the first angle, and the second side being opposite the first side and facing away from the first angle;

a pair of lateral wings extending from the base and being oriented so that between them they form a second angle approximately equal to the first angle of the rebate;

a run of adhesive which covers the base first side but not the pair of lateral wings; and

a flexible lip secured to and extending out from the second side of the base.

2. The seal of claim 1, wherein the flexible lip extends away from the base of the seal approximately in a plane bisecting the second angle formed by the lateral wings of the seal.

3. The seal of claim 2, wherein the lateral wings define the second angle as a right angle.

4. The seal of claim 2, wherein the flexible lip has a hollow cross-section.

5. The seal of claim 1, wherein the lateral wings define the second angle as a right angle.

6. The seal of claim 1, wherein the flexible lip has a tubular cross sectional shape for at least a part of the length of the seal.

7. The seal of claim 1, further comprising a removable protective film over the run of adhesive.

8. The seal of claim 7, wherein the run of adhesive is approximately cylindrical in cross section.

9. The seal of claim 7, wherein the run of adhesive is approximately semi-cylindrical in cross section.

10. The seal of claim 1, wherein the run of adhesive is approximately cylindrical in cross section.

11. The seal of claim 1, wherein the run of adhesive is approximately semi-cylindrical in cross section.

12. The seal of claim 1, used for improving the sealing of openings in a building.

13. The seal of claim 1, wherein the flexible lip has a hollow cross-section.