Assembly for weather-sealing a joint

Claim 1

An assembly for weather-sealing an elongated joint formed between a first member and a second member when said members assume a predetermined relative position, one of the members being relatively movable in a plane substantially parallel to the joint and transversely of the other member, said assembly comprising an elongated piece having an elongated first section and an elongated resilient flexible second section extending angularly from said first section; and an elongated bracket removably accommodating said piece, said bracket including an elongated inner wall section adapted to be fixedly secured to a side of one of the members defining the joint, an elongated outer wall section disposed in spaced substantially face-to-face relation with said inner wall section, and an elongated bridge section interconnecting a pair of corresponding first elongated edge portions of said wall sections, said inner and outer wall sections and said bridge section coacting to form an elongated pocket having a first opening at one end, corresponding second elongated edge portions of said wall sections being in spaced relation and forming an elongated narrow second opening, one end of said second opening terminaing at said first opening; the elongated first section of said elongated piece being disposed within the pocket of said bracket and the elongated second section of said elongated piece extending outwardly from said pocket through said second opening, said piece second section being adapted to span the joint and resiliently and sealingly engage the side of the other member defining the joint when the members assume the predetermined position, said piece first section being inserted into and removed from said pocket only through said first opening.