Roof side rail weather seal

Claim 1

In a roof side rail weather seal applied to a rail formed of metal to have a generally flat surface facing generally downward so the top edge of a window glass approaches said flat surface and a fin angled downward adjacent said flat surface, said weather seal being mounted on said fin and engaging said flat surface to effect a seal between said rail and said top edge of said window glass, the improvement comprising: a. a base of relatively firm and resilient polymeric material in a relatively dense and solid form; b. a sealing bridge of relatively soft, compressible, and pliable elastomeric polymeric material integral with said solid base and cellular in form; c. said solid base having a portion extending away from said fin and resting against said flat surface; d. said polymeric material of said solid base being firm enough to hold said resting portion snugly against said downward facing surface of said rail; e. said cellular sealing bridge being spaced below said solid resting portion and joined to an end region of said base on one side of said fin and joined to the opposite end region of said base on the other side of said fin to extend under said fin and reach from end to end of said base; f. said cellular sealing bridge extending from above and outside said window glass obliquely downward to below and inside said window glass; and g. said cellular sealing bridge extending for a distance of several times the thickness of said window glass to engage said window glass throughout the permissible range of closed positions of said window glass.