Resilient elongated buffer and coextensive mounting means

Claim 1

AS A NOVEL ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE, A DECORATIVE STRIP FOR USE ON AUTOMOBILE FRAMES AND THE LIKE, COMPRISING AN ELONGATED RAIL HAVING A REAR FACE AND A FRONT FAE PROVIDED WITH A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING GROOVE; A PARTITION WALL FORMING THE BOTTOM OF SAID LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING GROOVE AND BEING SPACED FROM SAID RAR FACE SO AS TO FORM TOGETHER WITH THE SAME A HOLLOW SPACE WITHIN SAID ELONGATED RAIL REARWARDLY OF SAID LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING GROOVE, SAID ELONGATED RAIL BEING OPEN AT BOTH ENDS THEREOF SO THAT SAID HOLLOW SPACE AS WELL AS SAID GROOVE EACH HAVE OPEN ENDS; AN ELONGATED LINER HAVING A SHOCK-ABSORBENT PORTION EXTENIDNG FORWARDLY BEYOND SAID FRONT FACE AND A RETAINING PORTION RECEIVED AND SECURED IN SAID GROOVE TO ANCHOR THE LINER THEREIN, SAID LINER HAVING OPPOSITE ENDS RESPECTIVELY LOCATED AT SAID OPEN ENDS OF SAID GROOVE; AND A PAIR OF CAPS EACH HAVING A HEAD INTEGRALLY BONDED TO AN END OF SAID LINER AT THE RESPECTIVE OPEN ENDS OF SAID GROOVE SO AS TO FIRMLY SECURE SAID CAPS TO SAID DECORATIVE STRIP, AND SAID CAPS EACH HAVING A PROJECTION EXTENDING BEYOND THE RESPECTIVE HEAD INTO SAID OPEN ENDS OF SAID HOLLOW SPACE WITHIN SAID RAIL, SO AS TO PREVENT TURNING OF THE RESPECTIVE CAPS RELATIVE TO SAID RAIL ABOUT THE RESPECTIVE HEADS WHICH ARE EACH INTEGRALLY CONNECTED TO SAID OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID LINER.