Trim for a vehicle

Claim 2

A trim for a door panel of a vehicle having a plurality of spaced apart recesses formed in an upper portion thereof, said trim comprising a trim body and a weatherstrip disposed at an outer side of an upper end of said trim body and having a lip in contact with an inner surface of a window glass, said trim body having a flange part, projecting outwardly and extending along the upper end of said trim body at the upper end of said trim body, a plurality of boss parts, formed integrally with said trim body under said flange part and spaced along the upper end of said trim body with the spacing of said boss parts corresponding to the spacing of the recesses in the door panel, wherein said weatherstrip is fixed to said boss parts by bolt members so that an inner surface of said weatherstrip contacts with both an outer end of said flange part and outer ends of said boss parts, and a lower surface of each of said boss parts are supported by a respective recess in the upper portion of the door panel which underlies said trim body.

Claim 3

A trim for a vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein said trim body includes a padding material, formed essentially of a plastic, and a cover adhered on an exposed surface of said padding material, said boss parts are formed essentially of the same material as said padding material and formed integrally with an under surface of said padding material of said flange part without any member therebetween.

Claim 4

A trim for a vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein mounting members, each having a threaded hole, are inserted in ends of said boss parts and said bolt members are screwed into said threaded holes of said mounting members.

Claim 5

A trim for a vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least a portion of said inner surface of said weatherstrip is in contact with an outer surface of the upper end of the door panel.

Claim 6

A trim for a vehicle comprising a trim body and a weatherstrip disposed at an outer side of an upper end of said trim body and having a lip in contact with an inner surface of a window glass, said trim body having a flange part, projecting outwardly and extending along the upper end of said trim body at the upper end of said trim body, a plurality of boss parts, formed integrally with said trim body under said flange part and spaced along the upper end of said trim body, and a plurality of rib members, wherein said weatherstrip is fixed to said boss parts by bolt members so that an inner surface of said weatherstrip contacts with both an outer end of said flange part and outer ends of said boss parts, and said trim body includes a padding material, formed essentially of a plastic, and a cover adhered on an exposed surface of said padding material, said boss parts are formed essentially of the same material as said padding material and at least an underside of each of said respective boss parts are formed integrally with an under surface of said padding material of said flange part by way of a respective one of said plurality of rib members.

Claim 7

A trim for a vehicle comprising a trim body and a weatherstrip disposed at an outer side of an upper end of said trim body and having a lip in contact with an inner surface of a window glass, said trim body having a flange part, projecting outwardly and extending along the upper end of said trim body at the upper end of said trim body, a plurality of boss parts, formed integrally with said trim body under said flange part and spaced along the upper end of said trim body, and a plurality of rib members, wherein said weatherstrip is fixed to said boss parts by bolt members so that an inner surface of said weatherstrip contacts with both an outer end of said flange part and outer ends of said boss parts, and said trim body includes a padding material, formed essentially of a plastic, and a cover adhered on an exposed surface of said padding material, said boss parts are formed essentially of the same material as said padding material and at least an underside of each of said respective boss parts are formed integrally with an under surface of said padding material of said flange part by way of a respective one of said plurality of rib members.

Claim 8

A trim for a vehicle as claimed in claim 5, wherein said plurality of ribs are formed integrally with said trim body and projecting outwardly therefrom, with an under surface of each of said ribs contacting an upper end of a door panel which underlies said trim body.