Abstract Sliding-window seal for automotive vehicle, comprising a flexible plastic section member associated with at least one fastening clip and with a decorative strip having a substantially C-shaped cross-section, for marking the junction between the seal and the lower, substantially vertical edge of the framing of a sliding glass of vehicle, wherein said fastening clip has a substantially U-shaped cross-sectional contour into which the fastening depending element of said flexible plastic seal is adapted to be inserted, one arm of said U-shaped clip being cut and pressed to provide a pair of opposed lugs somewhat spaced from said one arm, the other arm of said clip being cut and pressed to provide a pair of transverse inclined claws extending somewhat inwards of the clip and adapted to penetrate into said fastening depending element of the seal, said C-sectioned decorative strip and fastening clip being assembled together and with the glass framing by engaging said cut and bent lugs firstly through an elongated hole formed longitudinally along the marginal portion of said glass framing, and then through the open longitudinal slot of said C-sectioned decorative strip pressed against the opposite side of said glass framing, whereafter said clip is rotated through 90* whereby the lugs thereof are caused to engage the inner faces of the edges of said longitudinal slot of said decorative strip and thus lock the assembly in its final condition.
A sliding-window seal for an automotive vehicle comprising a flexible plastic seal section member associated with at least one fastening clip and with a decorative strip having a substantially C-shaped cross-section for marking the junction between the seal and the lower, substantially vertical edge of the framing of a sliding glass of a vehicle, said flexible plastic seal section member having a fastening depending element, said fastening clip having a substantially U-shaped cross-sectional contour into which the fastening depending element of said flexible plastic seal section member is inserted, a portion of one arm of said Ushaped clip being cut and pressed to provide a pair of opposed lugs spaced from said one arm, a portion of the other arm of said clip being cut and pressed to provide a pair of transverse inclined claws extending inward of the clip and adapted to penetrate into said fastening depending element of the seal section member, said decorative strip and said fastening clip being assembled together and with the glass framing with the portion of said one arm extending through an elongated hole formed longitudinally along the marginal portion of said glass framing and extending through an open longitudinal slot of said C-sectioned decorative strip pressed against the opposite side of said glass framing and the lugs engaging the inner faces of the edges of said longitudinal slot of said decorative strip to thereby lock the assembly in its assembled condition.
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A sliding-window seal for an automotive vehicle comprising a flexible plastic seal section member associated with at least one fastening clip and with a decorative strip having a substantially C-shaped cross-section for marking the junction between the seal and the lower, substantially vertical edge of the framing of a sliding glass of a vehicle, said flexible plastic seal section member having a fastening depending element, said fastening clip having a substantially U-shaped cross-sectional contour into which the fastening depending element of said flexible plastic seal section member is inserted, a portion of one arm of said Ushaped clip being cut and pressed to provide a pair of opposed lugs spaced from said one arm, a portion of the other arm of said clip being cut and pressed to provide a pair of transverse inclined claws extending inward of the clip and adapted to penetrate into said fastening depending element of the seal section member, said decorative strip and said fastening clip being assembled together and with the glass framing with the portion of said one arm extending through an elongated hole formed longitudinally along the marginal portion of said glass framing and extending through an open longitudinal slot of said C-sectioned decorative strip pressed against the opposite side of said glass framing and the lugs engaging the inner faces of the edges of said longitudinal slot of said decorative strip to thereby lock the assembly in its assembled condition.