Motor vehicle window molding

Claim 1

In a motor vehicle body having a window opening defined by flanged body panels, a window glass for closing the window opening and when mounted therein having a space between the edge of the window glass and a flange of the body panel, and a bead of curable adhesive mounting the window glass to the flanged body panels, a molding for concealing the space between the edge of the window glass and said flange of the body panel and comprising: a decorative trim portion bridging the space between the window glass and the body panel and extending a distance thereon, first and second legs extending continuously along the length of the molding and extending generally perpendicularly from the decorative trim portion respectively adjacent said flange of the body panel and the edge of the window glass, said first leg having a flange portion extending laterally thereof and biased to a reversely bent posiTion engaging said flange of the body panel during insertion of the first leg into the bead of curable adhesive, the engagement of the reversely bent flange portion of the first leg with said flange of the body panel resiliently biasing the molding toward the edge of the window glass, a plurality of openings at spaced intervals in the first leg to allow flow of the curable adhesive behind the reversely bent flange portion of the first leg to provide complete embedment of the first leg in the bead of curable adhesive, said second leg having a forwardly bent flange portion for insertion into the bead of curable adhesive, the resilient biasing action of the first leg causing the edge of the window glass to be wedgingly engaged between the decorative trim portion and the forwardly bent flange portion whereby the window glass is positioned by the molding centrally of the window opening and the decorative trim portion is engaged against the window glass.