Resilient bumper strip

Claim 1

A protective and decorative accessory molding for direct adhesion to and mounting on vehicle doors, side panels and other surfaces comprising a protective and decorative elongated, flexible and resilient body member having an outer surface of predetermined configuration and color to provide a decorative appearance and an inner surface, a pressure sensitive adhesive on said inner surface for adhering and substantially permanently securing said molding to the surface to be decorated and protected, and a flexible covering detachably adhered to said pressure sensitive adhesive, said body member being weather resistant and resilient and shock resistant over a wide range of temperature and weather conditions, and said body member being prestressed and bowed longitudinally, substantially uniformly throughout the length of said body member and with the concave curvature on said inner surface, whereby said body member may be cut and divided at any predetermined place or places intermediate its length and each part and portion so cut and severed may be similarly cut and divided and all such cut and severed parts and portions including a body member which is prestressed, curved, flexible and resilient and has an outer surface of the same configuration and color as said body member and outer surface respectively, of the entirety from which it was cut and severed.