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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1981
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert A Zoller, Bay Village, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Standard Products Company, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ; B60R / ; B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428 31 ; 428114 ; 428295 ; 428378 ; 428379 ; 428416 ; 428460 ; 428463 ; 293121 ; 293128 ;
Abstract
A molding suitable for use as a decorative and protective trim for motor vehicles, comprising an elongated plastic body bendable to conform to external contours of a vehicle and containing therein a plurality of parallel, laterally spaced, longitudinally extending wires bonded to the plastic and formed of metal wire having a low modulus of elasticity and which is capable of stretching beyond its elastic limit to take a permanent set when the molding is bent in, or at an oblique angle with respect to, a common plane occupied by at least two of the wires, thereby stabilizing the overall bent shape of the molding.