Door window glass stabilizer

Claim 1

A door window glass stabilizer, comprising a metal support bar having an integral body portion and flange, a body including a resilient, compressible elastomeric strip having a fiber flocking on its outer surface adapted to contact the door window glass, and means for mounting said body on the outer face of the flange of said bar comprising an elongated slot in said flange and an elongated integral rib on the inner surface of said strip of approximately the same length as said slot, said rib having an elongated base portion integrally joined throughout its length to said strip, the width and depth of said base portion being approximately the same as the width and depth of said slot, said rib having an elongated locking portion coextensive with and integrally joined throughout its length to said base portion and being wider than said base portion to provide a pair of retaining lips projecting laterally outwardly from opposite sides of said base portion, said rib projecting through said slot and said retaining lips of said locking portion bearing against the inner face of the flange of said bar to hold said strip in full surface-to-surface contact with the outer face of the flange of said bar, said base portion of said rib substantially filling said slot and said retaining lips being adapted to compress laterally inwardly during entry into said slot, said locking portion having a tapered pilot portion leading to said retaining lips to facilitate entry into said slot, an aperture in the body portion of said bar, a nut provided with a cylindrical extension on one side thereof, said extension being located in said aperture and staked therein to permanently retain said nut on one side of said body portion, said nut and said extension being internally threaded to permit the mounting of said bar on a door.