Abstract: An integrated window frame and glass run channel for a door of an automotive vehicle has an elongated core having opposite ends adapted to be attached within an interior of a vehicle door. The core is generally "U"-shaped in cross section with a pair of legs joined by a web. The web and one of the legs are hollow and receive a structural pillar at each end of the core. An elastomeric cover is bonded to the core and provides a glass run channel adapted to slidably receive edge portions of a window pane.

Abstract: Disclosed is an extruded laminate and a method for making the laminate. Protective and decorative molding and trim strips for automotive vehicles and the like can be made from the laminate which comprises a body of an extruded thermoplastic material such as extruded polyvinylchloride and an extruded outer layer of a different and incompatible material with a tie sheet sandwiched therebetween. The tie sheet is a thin laminate of a layer compatible with the thermoplastic material of the body and a layer compatible with the material of the outer layer. Optionally, a decorative layer of metallized polyester and/or other material can be encapsulated between the tie sheet and the body or outer layer.

Abstract: A trim strip of U-section for a marginal edge of an automotive body panel or the like comprises a flexible but relatively stiff core member of U-section formed of metal and having a plurality of longitudinally spaced transverse slots to permit the strip to deform in conformance to the contour of the panel edge. A flexible plastic decorative covering is secured to the core in overlying relation but is outspaced therefrom except along oppositely spaced marginal edges. In a modification a core member of wire mesh is used.