JPS62187633A - Trim strip - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] Although the present invention relates to a trim strip, and more specifically to a trim strip attached to the side of an automobile, the present invention is not limited to such use. It is not something that will be done.

[Conventional technology]

Conventional trim strips are typically a few centimeters wide by a few centimeters thick and made of molded or extruded rubber or glass. This type of trim strip is attached to the side of a car from the front wheel arch to the rear wheel arch and forms an important element of the car's style. Due to the thickness and elasticity of such trim strips, they act as a scrubbing strip to prevent small scratches from forming on the side of the vehicle.They have a similar appearance to traditional trim strips. A demand has arisen for a trim strip that has the same style features but does not significantly increase the width of the vehicle.

[Summary of the invention]

In accordance with the invention, the surface is colored in a dark color in bands along its length, □ each side of the dark colored band is colored in a light color, so as to give the impression that the strip is three-dimensional. with a nearly flat strip,
A trim strip is obtained in which the dark colored band appears to be raised from the plane of the strip, and the light colored part appears as a surface inclined relative to the raised part. Although such trim strips give the impression of three-dimensionality like conventional trim strips as described above, they are actually relatively thin.

In accordance with the invention, a dark colored section along the length appears to be raised out of the plane of the strip, and a light colored section on each side of the dark colored strip appears to be raised from the surface of the strip. The surface is colored in a dark color in strips along its length, giving the impression that the strip is three-dimensional, such that it appears as a sloped surface compared to the part that appears to be floating. Each side of the colored band comprises a generally flat strip colored in a bright color. Although such trim strips give the impression of three-dimensionality like conventional trim strips as described above, they are actually relatively thin.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

The conventional trim strip shown in FIG. 1 is molded or extruded from plastic, usually black in color, and is affixed to the side of the vehicle. A trim strip extends between the wheel arches of a car and
As shown, there is a front section 1 extending from the front wheel arch to the edge of the front door, a front door section 2 extending across the front door, a rear door section 3 extending across the rear door, and a rear door section 3 extending across the rear door. It has a rear part 4 extending from the edge to the rear wheel arch. Also,
This trim strip can also extend around the front bumper 5 and the rear bumper 6, as shown. This type of trim strip has a thickness, usually 2 to 3 α in the width direction of the vehicle, and the trim strip is usually installed along the maximum width line of the vehicle. This acts as a protective strip that protects the sides of the car from impacts, for example from the open doors of other cars parked nearby, or from the scratching effects of objects passing nearby without sufficient clearance.

Traditional trim strips often include bright inserts that act as highlighting lines along the sides of the car. The insert is usually chrome plated or colored red. Conventional trim strips have a variety of cross-sections, but typically have a raised face 8 and side faces 9.10. Their side surfaces 9, 10 are inclined relative to the raised surface 8 and extend from the side of the vehicle to the raised surface 8. Side view 9.1 shown in Figure 1
0 is approximately perpendicular to the raised surface 8, but it can also be tilted at a small angle such that it slopes from the side of the car to the raised surface 8.

Such a trim strip thus has an approximately frustoconical cross-section, the wide side of which is attached to the side of the motor vehicle, and the narrow side of the frustum forms a raised surface 8. As shown in Figure 1, when the door is opened, the trim strip attached to the door is attached to the hinge of the door to prevent it from hitting the trim strip attached to the adjacent panel. It is often necessary to delineate the edges of the IJ tube. Conventional trim strips, such as those described above, are typically attached to a motor vehicle by mechanical fasteners such as bolts or rivets. Those bolts or rivets are hidden by bright inserts T in the final assembly.

The trim strip shown in FIG. 2 is constructed to be similar in appearance to conventional trim strips, but
Its structure is simpler, thinner and cheaper than traditional trim strips. The particular trim strip shown in FIG. 2 is not intended to imitate the conventional trim strip shown in FIG. It imitates the trim strip of

The trim strip shown in FIG. 2 consists of a generally flat strip made of stainless steel or other suitable material. The strip has various colored bands extending along its surface. A dark colored strip 11 is provided and on each side of the dark colored strip 11 there is provided a light colored sub-distorted section 12,13. The color of the dark-colored strip 11 is preferably black, and the light-colored strip 12. The color of the i3 should be gray, especially Nimbus Gray. S) The dark-colored strip 11 of the IJ tube appears as a raised surface from the surface of the strip, and the light-colored strip molecules 2 and 13 are tilted to the raised surface. Because of their colored bands, the flat strips appear as three-dimensional strips. The reason for this is that in the conventional IJ tube as shown in Fig. 1, the light incident on the raised surface 8 at different angles is
This is because the color of the surface 8 is usually captured and therefore often appears to be a brighter color than the color of the surface 8 on which it is exposed. The nimbus gray color of the light colored strip 12.13 of the strip shown in FIG. This is what I have chosen to do.

In one embodiment of the invention, the narrower, lighter colored strip mimics the sloped sides at a small angle to the raised surface, and the wider, lighter colored strip The widths of the brightly colored strips 12, 13 are varied so that the colored strips imitate sides that are sloped at a small angle to the surface being raised. When the IJ lamp is mounted on the side of a motor vehicle, the IJ lamp is arranged so that the thin brightly colored strip 12 is at the top.

This is because in conventional trim strips, the angle that the lower side makes with the raised surface is also smaller so that it is complementary to the shape of the panel to which the strip is attached. This is because it is intended to imitate the upper side that is slanted in relation to the bulging surface.

To further enhance the impression that the trim strip shown in Figure 2 is three-dimensional, its trim strip) IJ
A band-shaped part 14 colored in a bright color is provided as much as possible within a band-shaped part 11 colored in a dark color.

If the brightly colored strip 14 is to resemble a chromed insert, it may consist of a polished, reflective section of stainless steel strip. Alternatively, the brightly colored strip 14 can also be colored red. As shown in the figure, the brightly colored strip 14 is positioned as close to the upper brightly colored strip 12 as possible than the lower brightly colored strip 13. This is because such a configuration is that of conventional trims and IJ tubes that the trim strip of the present invention is intended to resemble. The dark colored strip 11, the light colored strip 12.13 and the red colored light strip 14 can be composed of a colored plastic strip on a stainless steel strip, or a stainless steel strip. It can be constructed by applying paint to a strip, or it can be constructed by a printing method such as silk-screening.

The thickness of the stainless steel strip used is usually 1g or less, the width can be approximately Bcm, and it is preferably flat, depending on the shape of the panel to which the IJ knob is attached. The stainless steel strip may be slightly curved along at least one of the longitudinal and width directions so as to have a complementary shape.

This trim strip can be attached to the side of a motor vehicle by adhesive without using any mechanical fastening means. Therefore, it is possible to apply adhesive to the back side of the trim strip (IJ) and cover the adhesive-applied back side with paper lining until the trim strip is installed on the vehicle.

The advantage of a trim strip of the type shown in Figure 2 is that it is simpler to construct than conventional trim strips, is therefore less expensive to manufacture, and is cheaper to install on a vehicle. It is. This type of trim strip also provides an inexpensive and convenient way to separate colors when it is desired to use two separate colors.

Another advantage of the trim strip of the present invention is that in low-end automobiles, where it is desirable to keep costs as low as possible, conventional trim strips to date do not require holes to be drilled into the vehicle body in order to attach them to the automobile. In addition to being unsightly, the trim strip of the present invention eliminates the problem of water getting in if the holes are not covered.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an enlarged view of a conventional trim strip (+J) and a side view of an automobile to which the trim strip is attached, and FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a part of the trim strip of the present invention. 11...Band-shaped part colored in dark color, 12゜13
．． 14...A band-shaped part colored in a bright color. Patent Applicant: Austin Rogue Group Limited

Claims (12)

[Claims] (1) The surface is colored in a dark color in bands along its length, and each side of the dark colored band is colored in a light color to give the impression that the strip is three-dimensional. It is characterized in that it has a flat strip, and the dark-colored strip appears to be raised from the surface of the strip, and the light-colored part appears as a sloped surface relative to the raised part. trim strip. (2) A trim strip according to claim 1, characterized in that the brightly colored portions have different widths. (3) A trim strip according to claim 1 or 2, in which a longitudinal direction of the trim strip is darkly colored to further enhance the impression that the strip is three-dimensional. A trim strip characterized in that it has a strip colored in a bright color. (4) The trim strip according to claim 3, wherein the brightly colored band-shaped portion is reflective. (5) The trim strip according to any one of claims 1 to 4, in which the dark colored strip portion is black and the light colored strip portion is gray. A trim strip characterized by: (6) The trim strip according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the trim strip has a thickness of less than 1 mm. (7) The trim strip according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the dark colored strip portion and the light colored strip portion are colored on a flat strip. A trim strip characterized in that it is formed by a plastic strip. (8) A trim strip according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the flat strip is made of stainless steel. (9) A trim strip according to claim 4 or 8, characterized in that the brightly colored band portion is made of polished stainless steel. (10) A trim strip according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the trim strip has an adhesive on its back surface. (11) A trim strip according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the back surface is attached to a substantially vertical outer surface of an automobile. (12) A trim strip according to claim 2, characterized in that the back side is attached to a substantially vertical exterior surface of a motor vehicle with the thinner, brightly colored strip at the top. and trim strips.