Flexible door seal

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A DOOR ASSEMBLY AND A SEAL STRIP, SAID DOOR ASSEMBLY INCLUDING AN OUTER PANEL HAVING A BACK-TURNED FLANGE AND AN INNER PANEL HAVING AN INTEGRAL EDGE STRIP AND OUTWARDLY PROTOCUDING BEADED PROJECTIONS, SAID OUTER PANEL BEING IN BIASED ATTACHMENT TO SAID INNER PANEL, AND SAID SEAL STRIP BEING OF RESILIENT MATERIAL AND SEALING TWO OPPOSED SURFACES, SAID SEAL STRIP INCLUDING A BODY, A HOLLOW CHAMBER FORMED ON SAID BODY, A BEADED FLANGE CARRIED BY SAID HOLLOW CHAMBER AS AN EXTENSION OF ONE WALL THEREOF, SAID BODY HAVING A CHANNEL FORMED THEREIN AND TWO INWARDLY DIRECTED FLANGES DISPOSED AT THE EDGES OF SAID CHANNEL, SAID INWARDLY DIRECTED FLANGES BEING COMPRESSED BY THE DOOR ASSEMBLY ON CLOSING THEREBY FORMING A FLEXED CLOSURE MEANS AROUND SAID BEADED PROJECTIONS, SAID INWARDLY DIRECTED FLANGES HAVING BEVELLED PORTIONS, SAID BEVELLED PORTIONS ALLOWING A CONTROLLED DEFORMATION DURING SEALING AROUND SAID BEADED PROJECTIONS EFFECTING A POSITIVE SEAL THEREWITH, SAID HOLLOW CHAMBER AND SAID BEADED FLANGE COOPERATING TO EFFECT PIVOTAL MOVEMENT FROM SAID BODY BY SAID BEADED FLANGE DURING SEALING.