Cover seal for shift console

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IN A CONSOLE HAVING AN UPPER PANEL FORMED WITH A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR OPENING THEREIN TO ACCOMMODATE THE LONGITUDINAL AND LATERAL MOVEMENTS OF A TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER PROJECTING THERETHROUGH, A ONE-PIECE SUPPORT FRAME HAVING ELONGATED SIDES AND FRONT AND REAR END PORTIONS COOPERATING TO FORM A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR OPENING THEREBETWEEN, FASTENER MEANS REMOVABLY MOUNTING SAID ONE-PIECE SUPPORT FRAME IN THE CONSOLE CLOSELY ADJACENT THE OPENING THEREIN, SAID ELONGATED SIDES BEING FORMED WITH OPPOSING INWARDLY FACING TRACK PORTIONS, SAID FRONT END PORTION BEING FORMED BY A WALL PORTION CURVED TO DEFINE A CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER, SAID CONTAINER HAVING AN ELONGATED OPENING THEREIN, AN ELONGATED FLEXIBLE COVER SEAL HAVING FREE END PORTIONS AND OUTWARDLY EXTENDING TONGUE PORTIONS ON OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF FOR SLIDABLY MOUNTING SAID SEAL IN SAID TRACK PORTIONS, ONE END OF SAID COVER SEAL PROJECTING THROUGH SAID OPENING INTO SAID CONTAINER, SAID COVER SEAL FORMING A CLOSURE FOR THE OPENING IN SAID PANEL AND SAID SUPPORT FRAME, SAID COVER SEAL BEING FORMED WITH A LATERAL SLOT THEREIN TO PERMIT LATERAL MOVEMENT OF THE SHIFT LEVER PROJECTING THERETHROUGH WITHOUT MOVEMENT OF SAID COVER SEAL, AN ENLARGED BEARING COLLAR FORMED ON SAID COVER SEAL BOUNDING SAID SLOT, SAID COLLAR BEING CONTACTED BY THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER THEREBY PERMITTING SAID SHIFT LEVER TO MOVE SAID COVER SEAL AS A UNIT, SAID COVER SEAL BEING COILED IN SAID CONTAINER ON MOVEMENT OF SAID COVER SEAL TOWARD SAID CONTAINER IN RESPONSE TO PREDETERMINED MOVEMENT OF SAID SHIFT LEVER, GUIDE MEANS ON THE REAR END PORTION OF SAID FRAME FOR DIRECTING THE OPPOSITE END PORTION OF SAID COVER SEAL DOWNWARDLY INTO SAID CONSOLE IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF THE LEVER IN AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION.