Automotive vehicle

Claim 1

IN AN AUTOMOBILE, A BODY HAVING A LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND COMPRISING TWO SIDE WALLS HAVING REAR PORTIONS DEFINING BETWEEN THEMSELVES A REAR OPENING, AND A TOP WALL EXTENDING BETWEEN AND AT A LEVEL ABOVE SAID SIDE WALLS AND DEFINING A ROOF OPENING MERGING INTO SAID REAR OPENING, SAID TOP WALL INCLUDING A FIXED PORTION LOCATED IN FRONT OF SAID ROOF OPENING; A RIGID ROOF PANEL HAVING A TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING FIRST EDGE PORTION AND HAVING MOVABLE IN AXIAL DIRECTION OF SAID BODY BETWEEN A SEALING POSITION IN SAID ROOF OPENING AND AN OPEN POSITION BENEATH SAID FIXED PORTION; A DOOR PANEL HINGEDLY SECURED TO SAID BODY AND SWINGABLY MOVABLE TRANSVERSELY OF THE ELONGATION OF SAID FIRST EDGE PORTION BETWEEN A SEALING POSITION IN SAID REAR OPENING AND AN OPEN POSITION, EACH OF SAID PANELS HAVING AN ELONGATED TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING EDGE PORTION AND SAID EDGE PORTIONS BEING LOCATED BETWEEN SAID OPENINGS IN THE SEALING POSITIONS OF SAID PANELS; AND SEALING MEANS COMPRISING AN ELONGATED STRIP OF ELASTIC MATERIAL CARRIED BY ONE OF SAID PANELS EXTENDING ALONG THE EDGE PORTION THEREOF TRANSVERSELY OF SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND DEFINING A CHANNEL SEALINGLY RECEIVING THE EDGE PORTION OF THE OTHER PANEL, SAID CHANNEL HAVING A CLOSED SIDE AND AN OPEN SIDE WHICH AT LEAST IN THE SEALING POSITION OF SAID ONE PANEL FACE IN OPPOSITE AXIAL DIRECTIONS OF SAID BODY, THE EDGE PORTION OF SAID OTHER PANEL BEING FREE TO PASS THROUGH SAID OPEN SIDE OF SAID CHANNEL WHEN THE OTHER PANEL MOVES TO AND FROM ITS SEALING POSITION WHILE SAID ONE PANNEL REMAINS IN SEALING POSITION.