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US3199184A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Elastomeric sealing strip and mounting means assembly procedure

Assignee: Motors Liquidation Co
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Filing: 1961-06-22
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Granted: 1965-08-10
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Expires: 1981-06-22
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Edward P Harris
  • 👤 Cletus L Moorman

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 16:11
CPC Classifications
B; B23; B23P; B23P19/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S411/00; Y10S411/923; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49826; Y10T29/49828; Y10T29/49863; Y10T29/4987; Y10T29/49876; Y10T29/51; Y10T29/5176; Y10T29/53; Y10T29/53026; Y10T29/53039; Y10T29/53048; Y10T29/53313; Y10T29/53348; Y10T29/53361; Y10T29/53383; Y10T29/53391; Y10T29/53657

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 206 words
AN ELASTOMERIC SEALING STRIP AND MOUNTING MEANS ASSEMBLY PROCEDURE COMPRISING, THE STEPS OF FEEDING THE ELASTOMERIC SEALING STRIP ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH, APERTURING THE SEALING STRIP IN PREDETERMINED LOCATIONS SO AS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO AN INTERNAL LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING CAVITY FROM ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE ELASTOMERIC SEALING STRIP EXTERNALLY THEREOF, DILATING THE ELASTOMERIC SEALING STRIP FOR INCREASING SIZE OF THE APERTURE IN A LOCATION WHERE SAID APERTURING OCCURRED, INSERTING INDIVIDUALLY IN EACH LOCATION OF SAID APERTURING ONLY ONE OF A PLURALITY OF SUCCESSIVELY INSTALLABLE PLASTIC NAIL-LIKE FASTENING MEANS EACH WITH A STEM INTEGRALLY JOINED TO A HEAD PORTION HAVING AT LEAST ONE LATERAL DIMENSION LARGER THAN DIAMETER OF SAID APERTURING YET TO FIT INTO THE CAVITY DURING SAID DILATING THAT AT LEAST TEMPORARILY INCREASES SIZE OF SAID APERTURING, AND RELEASING THE PLASTIC FASTENING MEANS INDIVIDUALLY TO REMAIN WITH THE HEAD PORTION THEREOF IN HE CAVITY SIMULTANEOUSLY UPON SAID RELEASE THERE BEING A RESILIENT RETURN OF THE ELASTOMERIC SEALING STRIP TO A CONDITION OF SIZE AND SHAPE SUBSTANTIALLY LIKE THAT PRIOR TO SAID DILATING THOUGH NOW SNUGLY RETAINING THE HEAD PORTION OF EACH FASTENING MEANS WITH THE STEM THEREOF PROJECTING THROUGH THE LOCATIONS OF SAID APERTURING ALONG ONLY THE SIDE OF SAID DILATING AND SAID INSERTING.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 206 words
AN ELASTOMERIC SEALING STRIP AND MOUNTING MEANS ASSEMBLY PROCEDURE COMPRISING, THE STEPS OF FEEDING THE ELASTOMERIC SEALING STRIP ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH, APERTURING THE SEALING STRIP IN PREDETERMINED LOCATIONS SO AS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO AN INTERNAL LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING CAVITY FROM ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE ELASTOMERIC SEALING STRIP EXTERNALLY THEREOF, DILATING THE ELASTOMERIC SEALING STRIP FOR INCREASING SIZE OF THE APERTURE IN A LOCATION WHERE SAID APERTURING OCCURRED, INSERTING INDIVIDUALLY IN EACH LOCATION OF SAID APERTURING ONLY ONE OF A PLURALITY OF SUCCESSIVELY INSTALLABLE PLASTIC NAIL-LIKE FASTENING MEANS EACH WITH A STEM INTEGRALLY JOINED TO A HEAD PORTION HAVING AT LEAST ONE LATERAL DIMENSION LARGER THAN DIAMETER OF SAID APERTURING YET TO FIT INTO THE CAVITY DURING SAID DILATING THAT AT LEAST TEMPORARILY INCREASES SIZE OF SAID APERTURING, AND RELEASING THE PLASTIC FASTENING MEANS INDIVIDUALLY TO REMAIN WITH THE HEAD PORTION THEREOF IN HE CAVITY SIMULTANEOUSLY UPON SAID RELEASE THERE BEING A RESILIENT RETURN OF THE ELASTOMERIC SEALING STRIP TO A CONDITION OF SIZE AND SHAPE SUBSTANTIALLY LIKE THAT PRIOR TO SAID DILATING THOUGH NOW SNUGLY RETAINING THE HEAD PORTION OF EACH FASTENING MEANS WITH THE STEM THEREOF PROJECTING THROUGH THE LOCATIONS OF SAID APERTURING ALONG ONLY THE SIDE OF SAID DILATING AND SAID INSERTING.

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