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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1992
Richard F Biermacher, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Patrick M Harney, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, MI (US);
Abstract
A one-piece resilient flush-look reveal molding adapted for pre-attachment to a glass plate for concealing the gap between an automotive body panel window opening and the edge of the glass plate. The molding has a generally asymmetric I-beam shape providing a web portion with a first pair of substantially equal length long legs defining an inner open channel for receiving the glass plate edge. A second pair of short length legs define an opposite outer channel. The upper long and short legs combine to provide a major trim strip. The lower short leg has an extension leg portion which diverges upwardly and outwardly and terminates in a T-shaped minor trim strip normally disposed in a horizontal plane. Upon installation of the glass plate, the extension leg flexes about a living hinge so as to close-off the outer channel while the minor trim strip outer edge engaging the reveal flange causing the minor trim strip to cant thereby partially underlying the upper short leg or the major trim strip in a self-adjusting shingled manner. The result is that the major and minor trim strips function as a composite dual reveal trim strip providing a 'flush' effect gap free appearance with the body panel.