Resilient strip and mounting member for flush fitting protective strip assembly

The invention features an elongated strip of resilient material, which strip is secured in and partially surrounds a mounting member, where the resilient strip member has a semi-cylindrical body with a pair of circumferentially facing edge portions. The resilient strip also includes a pair of oppositely disposed, radially-inwardly extending solid, wedge shaped latch members, each extending longitudinally of the latch member and located between one of the edge portions and a point 45 degrees away from the mid-line of the semi-cylindrical body. The mounting member includes a web portion having a pair of oppositely disposed web-latch extensions extending across a chord of the semi-cylindrical body, substantially parallel to a tangent to the circumference of the semi-cylindrical body at its mid-line, and at least one leg member extending from the web portion away from the semi-cylindrical body. A pair of oppositely disposed base members, each extend from a leg member, away from each other and each terminate in a base latch portion. Each of the pair of web latch extensions mates with the semi-cylindrical body adjacent the solid radial latch member, between the latch member and the mid-line of the semi-cylindrical body and each of the pair of base latch portions mates with the semi-cylindrical body adjacent the radial latch member, between the latch member and the closest edge portion.

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Claims

2. The protective strip of claim 1 said extending latch member comprising an elongated wedge extending in the direction of elongation of the strip.

3. The protective strip of claim 2 said body having a substantially uniform wall thickness around its perimeter and along its length.

5. The protective strip assembly of claim 4, said body having a substantially uniform wall thickness around its perimeter and along its length.

6. The protective strip assembly of claim 5, said base latch portions terminating in a hook.

7. The strip assembly of claim 4 where the mounting member comprises an elongated channel and the web portion, web latch extensions, leg members, base members and base latch extensions extend along the channel in the direction of its elongation.

8. The strip assembly of claim 7 wherein the web latch extensions are defined by beads which extend along the web portion in the direction of channel elongation.

9. The strip assembly of claim 7 where the base latch portions are defined by beads which extend along the base members in the direction of channel elongation.

10. The protective strip assembly of claim 4 where the radially extending latch member comprises an elongated wedge extending in the direction of elongation of the strip..Iadd.

11. The protective strip of claim 3, wherein the strip is a resilient strip..Iaddend..Iadd.12. The protective strip of claim 2, wherein the strip is a resilient strip..Iaddend..Iadd.13. The protective strip of claim 1, wherein the strip is a resilient strip..Iaddend..Iadd.14. The protective strip assembly of claim 6, wherein the strip is a resilient strip..Iaddend..Iadd.15. The protective strip assembly of claim 5, wherein the strip is a resilient strip..Iaddend..Iadd.16. The protective strip assembly of claim 8, wherein the strip is a resilient strip..Iaddend..Iadd.17. The protective strip assembly of claim 9, wherein the strip is a resilient strip..Iaddend..Iadd.18. The protective strip assembly of claim 7, wherein the strip is a resilient strip..Iaddend..Iadd.19. The protective strip assembly of claim 10, wherein the

strip is a resilient strip..Iaddend..Iadd.20. The protective strip assembly of claim 4, wherein the strip is a resilient strip..Iaddend.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
4083592 April 11, 1978 Rubin et al.
4808451 February 28, 1989 McCue et al.
5013596 May 7, 1991 Kessler
Foreign Patent Documents
331393 July 1958 CHX
2200870 February 1987 GBX
Patent History
Patent number: RE35971
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 28, 1994
Date of Patent: Nov 24, 1998
Assignee: Boston Metal Products Corp. (Medford, MA)
Inventor: Gerald Kessler (Youngstown, OH)
Primary Examiner: Alexander S. Thomas
Law Firm: Hale and Door LLP
Application Number: 8/234,683
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Hook Or Barb (428/100); Vehicle Body Ornament (428/31); Channel-shaped Edge Component (e.g., Binding, Etc.) (428/122); 52/71705; 52/71804; 52/71801; Strip Formed (24/294); Plastic Type (24/297); Resilient Metal Type (24/293)
International Classification: E04F 1902; B60J 1100;