Edge seal with sidewall seal
View Patent ↗A resilient seal for mobile living quarters around a slide out room that includes a pair of mounting portions extending along the inside and outside surfaces of the main living area wall at an aperture through which the slide out room moves and further includes a connecting member extending between the attaching members and along the edge of the wall defining the aperture. A wiper seal extends from the connecting member to flex against the walls of the slide out room, and the mounting portion further includes a lip seal for accommodating walls of different thicknesses.
1. A resilient seal for living quarters having main living area walls defining a main living area, an aperture in one of said main living area walls slidably receiving a slide out room having slide out room walls defining auxiliary living space, said main living area wall having an outside surface, an inside surface, and a transverse surface extending between the inside and outside surfaces, said transverse surface defining said aperture, said seal comprising:
a seal base having a pair of mounting portions extending along said main living area wall adjacent to said aperture, one of said mounting portions including a flipper integrally attached thereto, said flipper integrally connected to and facing away its corresponding mounting portion, a tongue connector being carried by one of said mounting portions; and
a connecting member extending between said mounting portions of said seal base and along said transverse surface;
a bulb seal and a groove connector carried by the other of said mounting portions and said bulb seal for releasably facilitating the connection of said bulb seal to said mounting portion, said bulb seal affixed thereto and substantially parallel to said mounting portion, said bulb seal having an arcuate portion and an inner wall being integrally joined so that said bulb seal is hollow.
2. The resilient seal as claimed in claim 1 , said flipper having a proximal end attached to said mounting portion opposite said connecting member and distal end opposite said proximal end defining a terminal end of said flipper, said flipper extending outwardly from said mounting portion so that said proximal end is nearer said connecting member and said distal end is relatively farther from said connecting member and said flipper extending inwardly toward said living area.
3. The resilient seal as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said connecting member includes a wiper extending substantially perpendicularly therefrom and adapted for engaging one of said slide out room walls.
4. The resilient seal as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said inner wall of said bulb seal includes a web extending between opposing sides of said bulb seal such that compression of said bulb seal toward its corresponding mounting portion urges said protrusion to remain affixed to said mounting portion.