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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1998
Douglas A Malm, Northville, MI (US);
The Standard Products Company, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A continuous molding member to be inserted in a gap between a vehicle window and vehicle body panel, where the molding member includes a plurality of independently movable sections that allow the molding member to traverse a corner without becoming distorted. The molding member includes a stem portion having a plurality of barbed extensions at one end and a center umbrella portion at an opposite end. A first side umbrella portion is connected to the stem portion by a first branch portion so that it is positioned on one side of the center umbrella portion, and a second side umbrella portion is connected to the stem portion by a second branch portion so that it is positioned at an opposite side of the center umbrella portion. The first and second branch portions can be of a length so that the first and second side umbrella portions are positioned above the center portion opposite to the stem portion, or below the center portion adjacent to the stem portion. When the molding member traverses a corner, the umbrella portions move relative to each other so that the center umbrella portion becomes closer to the umbrella portion on the inside of the corner and farther away from the umbrella portion on the outside of the corner, thus reducing the distortions to the molding member caused by the reduced radius of the inner corner and the increased radius of the outer corner.