Pane support and seal

Claim 1

A MOULDING FOR SUPPORTING AND SEALING A WINDOW IN AN OPENING IN A DOOR OR THE LIKE COMPRISING A UNITARY STRIP OF RESILIENT MATERIAL, SAID STRIP BEING OF SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT CROSS SECTION ALONG ITS LENGTH, A FIRST CHANNEL EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF A FIRST SURFACE OF SAID STRIP ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THEREIN A SHEET OF GLASS, A SECOND CHANNEL EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF A SECOND SURFACE OF SAID STRIP OPPOSITE FROM SAID FIRST SURFACE TO FORM A PAIR OF LIPS, SAID MATERIAL BEING RESILIENT AS AFORESAID WHEREBY SAID LIPS CAN BE FLEXED TO EMBRACE THE MARGINAL PORTIONS OF AN OPENING IN A DOOR OF THE LIKE IN USE, SAID FIRST CHANNEL BEING SUBSTANTIALLY NARROWER THAN SAID SECOND CHANNEL, THE THICKNESS OF THE CROSS SECTION BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF SAID FIRST CHANNEL AND THE BOTTOM OF SAID SECOND CHANNEL OF SAID STRIP BEING SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER THAN THE CROSS-SECTIONAL THICKNESS OF SAID STRIP ON EACH OF SIDE OF SAID FIRST CHANNEL FROM SAID FIRST CHANNEL TO THE OUTER EDGE THEREOF, WHEREBY TO FORM A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID GLASS-ENGAGING JAWS ADAPTED TO GRIP A GLASS SECTION AND OPEN AND CLOSE ABOUT A JAW AXIS LYING IN SAID SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER CROSS-SECTION BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF SAID FIRST CHANNEL AND THE BOTTOM OF SAID SECOND CHANNEL, SAID JAW AXIS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID STRIP, SAID CROSS-SECTIONAL THICKNESS OF SAID STRIP ON EACH SIDE OF SAID FIRST CHANNEL BEING SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER THAN THE DISTANCE FROM SAID FIRST CHANNEL TO THE OUTER EDGE OF SAID STRIP, SAID LIPS EACH EXTENDING TOWARDS EACH OTHER TO FORM SAID SECOND CHANNEL WIDER AT ITS BOTTOM THAN AT ITS OPEN SIDE OPPOSITE SAID BOTTOM, AND THE CROSS SECTIONAL THICKNESS OF SAID STRIP AT SAID LIPS BEING RELATIVELY LARGE WHEN COMPARED TO THE CROSS-SECTIONAL THICKNESS BETWEEN THE BOTTOMS OF SAID CHANNELS WHEREBY LATERALLY DIRECTED FORCE TRANSMITTED TO SAID LIPS BY THE MARGINAL EDGE OF AN OPENING IN A DOOR OR THE LIKE IS TRNSMITTED TO SAID GLASS ENGAGING JAWS TO CLOSE THEM ABOUT SAID JAW AXIS.