Abstract: Apparatus and method for installing a stretchable rectangular shaped gasket in a rectangular shaped channel member secured to a refrigerator door. A rectangular shaped frame is formed with side rails, the side rails as viewed in lateral cross-section having a vertical leg forming an outer periphery of the frame and joining a horizontal leg perpendicular thereto, the vertical leg being slightly larger than the outside dimensions of the door. The frame is pivoted to an upwardly facing position and the gasket is placed on the horizontal leg of the frame. The refrigerator door is positioned under the frame with the rectangular shaped channel member facing toward the frame and the frame is pivoted from an upwardly facing position to a downwardly facing position and moved downwardly to a lower position to contact the gasket with the channel member.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for installing an elongated stretchable gasket in a longitudinal channel member including a frame having a rail extending along the channel with the gasket being located between the rail and the channel. The rail has a series of spaced vertical bores normal to the gasket with pins receivable therein and retained for vertical up and down movement within the bores. Force is applied to the pins to move them normal to the gasket in a downward direction to contact the gasket and force the gasket into the longitudinal channel member. In this manner the gasket is forced into the channel member without stretching the gasket longitudinally along the channel member.