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- One object of the invention is to provide a new and improved threshold having a resilient Weatherstrip for engaging thebottorn end of a doorto prevent drafts between the door and the sill.
- Another object I is to provide ,a Ynew and improved threshold, of the type described, wherein the resilient weatherstrip istdetachable and is easily assembled on the threshold after the latter is secured in place on the door sill.
- 'Still another object of the inventionis to provide a threshold havingra single longitudinal groove for detachably receiving a weatherstrip.
- a further object is to provide a threshold, of the type described, wherein the longitudinal groove opens upwardly and has parallel longitudinal edge. portions formed by inwardly facing lips on the upper surface of the threshold, the resilient weatherstrip having .longitudinal lips receivable in the longitudinal edge portions of .the
- the resilient strip includes a substantially ilat elongate basewhose opposed e'dge portions constitute the longitudinal lips of the resilientweatherstrip and an ,elongate ,arcuate portion integral with the base and having its central vportion arched upwardly past the lips of the threshold toengage the bottom end of a door.
- Still another object isto provide weatherstrip having an ⁇ elongate base and an elongate archedportion having side edges integrally secured V.to the base atlines spaced inwardly from the side edges thereof, whereby the arched portionis heldarched by the base.
- Yet another object of the invention islto provide a -weatherstrip or seal-member having .an elongatelsubstantially at relatively rigid base section and an elongate arched relatively ⁇ thiniiexible seal portionrintegrally se- Acuredto thelbasevportion valong lines spaced inwardly 4be.readilyrapparennfrom the reading-ofthe following description of ⁇ devices constructed in accordance with the invention, and reference .to the accompanying drawings thereof, wherein:
- Figure l isa perspective viewshowing a thresholdembodying the weatherstrip in position on the sill of a door;
- FIG. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view ofthe weatherstrip and thresholdvshown in Figure v1;
- FIGS. 2A and 2B are transverse vertical sectional views Ofmodied forms of the weatherstripor sealrnember
- Figure 3 isra verticalcross-.sectional view of a Vmodied formof threshold land we-atherstrip seal
- Figure v4 is a vertical cross-sectional view ⁇ of another form of the threshold.
- Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional .view of still anotherform of the threshold.
- the weatherstrip member lll-mounted on ⁇ the threshold r11 of the door ,12 includes an elongate substantially ilatbody orplatemember 13 which is disposed on the wooden threshold 11 and is secured thereto by screws ⁇ 10i which extendthrough suitable apertures longitudinally spaced along the center of the elongate -plate or body member.
- the bottom ksurface of the body memberA 13 is ,preferablyprovided ⁇ with.
- elongateridges or teeth 15 whichare adapted to Ygrip the sill 11 to viixedly hold the body member against displacement.
- T he bodymember is provided on its upper side with a longitudinal upwardly open .groove 16 having lateral parallel edge ⁇ portions or openings 17 and 18 formedby longitudinal inwardly ,extending lips 19 and 20, respectively, o the body member and the at surface ,21 of the body member vdetningthe bottom of the groove .16.
- the lower ,surface of-the.lips.19vand 20,-of course, are spaced above the at, surface,21.
- Vseal member 25 isrernovably lmounted on the body member .13 and includes a-substantially flat elongate relatively sized -base 26 whose longitudinal edge portions or anges 27 and 28arereceivable lin the edge Yportions or openings 17 and 1S, respectively,
- the side edges 4of the flexible sealing arcuate portion of the. seal member maybethickened in cross-section as at 31 to ⁇ more positively. hold the arcuate portion in anupwardly projectingk arched position.
- the ⁇ baseZ beneath the arcuateportion 30 maybe flat, as shown in Figure 2, or may have its cross-sectional thickness increased ⁇ -gradually fromthellinesof juncture of 4the arcuate -sealing portion with saidbase inwardly to the central longitudinal portion of said base, as shown in, Figure 2A, whereby thebase is more rigid and tends to resist mechanical forces acting in directions -which would cause the weatherstripseal member to be displaced from the groove.
- the base may have-its cross-sectional thickness decrease. gradually froml the lines ofjuncture toward the center, was shown in Figure 2B, so that the base may be more readily flexed along its longitudinal ⁇ central portion.
- Such control of the thickness of the cross-section of the base provides for ,controlling theease with which the seal member may be inserted in or Vremoved from the groove of the body member.
- the weatherstrip seal member may be easily positioned in place in the groove 16 of the body member by deforming or bending the base longitudinally to bring its longitudinal edge portions or flanges in proximity to one another and away from the arcuate portion 30 and then slipping these longitudinal edge portions or flanges into the edge portions or openings 17 and 18 of the groove 16. The base 26 will then abut the surface 21 of the body member.
- a new and improved weatherstrip has been illustrated and described which includes a plate or body member 13 having a single groove 16 in which is received a resilient weatherstrip seal member 25. It will also be seen that the sides of the body member defining the parallel vertical sides of the groove 16 may besaid to be undercut to form the lips 19 and 20 and provide the groove 16 with its longitudinal edge portions or openings 17 and 18 which receive the edge portions or flanges 27 and 28 of the weatherstrip seal member, whereby the seal member lis held in position on the body member.
- the weatherstrip and seal member are of simple forms whereby manufacture and installation of the weatherstrip assembly on a threshold or other opening are facilitated while the costs thereof are decreased.
- a threshold 40 which includes an inverted elongate substantially channel-shaped member 41 having side edge portions or feet 42 and 43 which may ⁇ be longitudinally grooved, as shown, to provide sharp edges whereby the threshold may be fxedly seated on a sill by means of screws, not shown, which may extend through longitudinally spaced apertures 44 provided in the channel-shaped member.
- a single longitudinal groove 45 is provided in the upper side of the channel-shaped member to receive a resilient weatherstrip seal member 25.
- a longitudinal dependent reinforcing and sealing rib 46, or flange, is formed substantially centrally of the underside of the channel-shaped member between the feet 42 and 43 and is provided with a longitudinal sharp or knife edge 47 which is sharp enough to penetrate into a wooden sill so that it effectively prevents transverse flow of air between the seal and the channel-shaped member.
- a weatherstrip seal member 25 may be inserted into the groove 45 in the same manner as into the groove 16 of the body member shown in Figure 2 and will then seal between the bottom edge of 'a door and the channelshaped member in the same manner.
- Figure 4 is illustrated a modified lform of the threshold 40 wherein the reinforcing and sealing flange 46 is -provided with a longitudinal lateral boss 50 having a downwardly opening longitudinal groove 51 for receiving the resilient bead 52 of a resilient foot seal 53 to thus secure the latter to the flange 46.
- the bead 52 is solid and rectangular in form and is thus positively held in place in the downwardly opening groove 51 of the base.
- the seal 53 may be tubular so as to readily flex into sealing engagement with the floor or sill on which the threshold is mounted.
- a modified threshold 60 having a flat plate or body member 61 similar in all respects to the body member 13 of Figure 2 but having a dependent flange or bead 62 on the inner edge of each of the lips 63 which define the longitudinal side edge portions of lthe groove 64.
- the resilient weatherstrip seal member 65 is similar in all respects to the weatherstrip seal member 25 but has upstanding flanges 66 on its lateral edges which engage with the dependent flanges 62 of the body member to firmly secure the weatherstrip seal member in position'on the body member 61.
- a weatherstrip seal member 25 which may be used with a weatherstrip or threshold body member having a single longitudinal groove and that the seal member has an arcuate flexible sealing portion 30 which extends upwardly from a substantially flat rathery rigid base within the groove to engage the bottom edge of a door, window or the like.
- the weatherstrip seal member has longitudinal edge portions or flanges 27 and 28 which hold the seal member in position by engaging inwardly extending lips, such as the lips 19 and 20 of Figure 2 of the body member of the weatherstrip or threshold, the lips extending over longitudinal edge portions of the groove, and the flanges of the seal member therein.
- a combination threshold member and weather strip including: an elongate body having an upper surface formed with longitudinal marginal edge portions sloping upwardly and inwardly from said edges toward the central portion of the body and having groove means formed in its upper surface with a planar surface defining the edge portions of said groove means, said groove means including a planar bottom surface spaced ⁇ below the upper surface of the body member and having a portion underlying each of the inner edge portions of the planar upper surface defining the marginal edges of the groove means and substantially rectangular openings underlying a portion of the planar upper surface of the body member adjacent the groove means, said openings being defined along their lower sides by the planar bottom surface of the groove; and a resilient sealing member having an elongate substantially flat base portion removably positioned in said groove means, said base portion having substantially rectangular longitudinally extending outwardly projecting retaining flanges disposed in the openings at each side of the groove means, the width of said base being substantially equal to the width of the planar bottom surface of the groove means; said sealing member being formed
- a combination threshold member and weather strip including: an elongate body having an upper surface formed with longitudinal marginal edge portions sloping upwardly and inwardly from said edges toward the central portion of the body and having groove means formed in its upper surface with a planar surface defining the edge portions of said groove means, said groove means including a planar bottom surface spaced below the upper surface of the body member and having a portion underlying each of the inner edge portions of the planar upper surface defining the marginal edges o-f thel groove means and substantially rectangular openings underlying a portion of the planar upper surface of the body member adjacent the groove means, said openings being defined along their lower sides by the planar bottom surface of the groove; and a resilient sealing member having an elongate substantially llat base portion removably positioned in said groove means, said base portion having substantially rectangular longitudinally extending outwardly projecting retaining flanges disposed in the openings at each side of the groove means, the width of said base being substantially equal to the width of the planar bottom surface of the groove means; said sealing
- a weather strip and support therefor including: an elongate body having an upper surface and a lower surface, said upper surface being formed with a substantially planar upper surface portion, said body having longitudinally extending groove means formed therein opening to the upper surface in the planar portion of said surface, whereby said planar portion defines the longitudinal edge portions of said groove means; said groove means having portions forming substantially rectangular openings underlying each of the inner edge portions of the planar upper surface of the body defining the marginal edges of the groove means and having a bottom extending transversely of said body below the inner edge portions of said body defining said longitudinal edges of said groove means and continuous with the bottom surfaces of the portions of said groove means forming said substantially rectangular openings; and a resilient sealing member having an elongate base portion removably positioned in said groove means, said base portion having substantially rectangular longitudinally extending laterally outwardly projecting retaining flanges disposed in the rectangular openings at each side of the groove means, the width of said base being substantially equal to the width of the bottom of the groove means; said sealing
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Nov. 4, 1958 2,858,583
`A. P. Mel-:VOY ET AL THRESHOLDS Filed Jan. 13, 1956 INVENTORS Alfred P. McEvoy ym F. Seoy BY Z .5 ATTO EY United States Patent 2,858,583 THRESHOLDS Alfred P. McEvoy and -Tym F. Seay, Dallas, Tex. Application January 13, ,1956, Serial No. 558,950
Claims. (Cl. 20-64) This .invention relates to thresholds and more particularly to a weather strip threshold and sealing strip. This isla continuation in part of our co-pending application, Serial No. '501,229 now abandoned.
One object of the invention is to provide a new and improved threshold having a resilient Weatherstrip for engaging thebottorn end of a doorto prevent drafts between the door and the sill.
Another object Iis to provide ,a Ynew and improved threshold, of the type described, wherein the resilient weatherstrip istdetachable and is easily assembled on the threshold after the latter is secured in place on the door sill.
'Still another object of the inventionis to provide a threshold havingra single longitudinal groove for detachably receiving a weatherstrip.
A further object is to provide a threshold, of the type described, wherein the longitudinal groove opens upwardly and has parallel longitudinal edge. portions formed by inwardly facing lips on the upper surface of the threshold, the resilient weatherstrip having .longitudinal lips receivable in the longitudinal edge portions of .the
groove whereby the resilient strip may be detachably secured to the threshold.
Alstillfurther Objectis to provide a threshold, of the type described, wherein the resilient strip includes a substantially ilat elongate basewhose opposed e'dge portions constitute the longitudinal lips of the resilientweatherstrip and an ,elongate ,arcuate portion integral with the base and having its central vportion arched upwardly past the lips of the threshold toengage the bottom end of a door.
Still another object isto provide weatherstrip having an` elongate base and an elongate archedportion having side edges integrally secured V.to the base atlines spaced inwardly from the side edges thereof, whereby the arched portionis heldarched by the base.
Yet another object of the invention islto provide a -weatherstrip or seal-member having .an elongatelsubstantially at relatively rigid base section and an elongate arched relatively `thiniiexible seal portionrintegrally se- Acuredto thelbasevportion valong lines spaced inwardly 4be.readilyrapparennfrom the reading-ofthe following description of` devices constructed in accordance with the invention, and reference .to the accompanying drawings thereof, wherein:
Figure l isa perspective viewshowing a thresholdembodying the weatherstrip in position on the sill of a door;
Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view ofthe weatherstrip and thresholdvshown in Figure v1;
Figures 2A and 2B are transverse vertical sectional views Ofmodied forms of the weatherstripor sealrnember;
Figure 3 isra verticalcross-.sectional view of a Vmodied formof threshold land we-atherstrip seal;
Figure v4 is a vertical cross-sectional view `of another form of the threshold; and,
,Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional .view of still anotherform of the threshold.
Referring nowy particularly to Figures `1 and 2 of -the drawings, the weatherstrip member lll-mounted on `the threshold r11 of the door ,12 includes an elongate substantially ilatbody orplatemember 13 which is disposed on the wooden threshold 11 and is secured thereto by screws `10i which extendthrough suitable apertures longitudinally spaced along the center of the elongate -plate or body member. The bottom ksurface of the body memberA 13 is ,preferablyprovided `with. elongateridges or teeth 15 whichare adapted to Ygrip the sill 11 to viixedly hold the body member against displacement.
T he bodymember is provided on its upper side with a longitudinal upwardly open .groove 16 having lateral parallel edge `portions or openings 17 and 18 formedby longitudinal inwardly ,extending lips 19 and 20, respectively, o the body member and the at surface ,21 of the body member vdetningthe bottom of the groove .16. The lower ,surface of-the.lips.19vand 20,-of course, are spaced above the at, surface,21.
Arresilient weatherstrip Vseal member 25 -isrernovably lmounted on the body member .13 and includes a-substantially flat elongate relatively sized -base 26 whose longitudinal edge portions or anges 27 and 28arereceivable lin the edge Yportions or openings 17 and 1S, respectively,
.its side edges integral with thebase justinwardly ofthe edge portions or anges 27 Vand 27 .so'thatthe upperportion of the arcuateportion 36 is positively held bowed upwardly and extends upwardly inthe groove above'the lips 19 and 20 ofthe body` member .IStoengage'the bottom edge of thedoor 12. The arcuate portion 30 is` depressed downwardly by the doorwhen the door is in closed position, insuring a substantially air tight sealbetween the threshold 1'1 and the door.
The side edges 4of the flexible sealing arcuate portion of the. seal member maybethickened in cross-section as at 31 to` more positively. hold the arcuate portion in anupwardly projectingk arched position.
The `baseZ beneath the arcuateportion 30 maybe flat, as shown in Figure 2, or may have its cross-sectional thickness increased `-gradually fromthellinesof juncture of 4the arcuate -sealing portion with saidbase inwardly to the central longitudinal portion of said base, as shown in,Figure 2A, whereby thebase is more rigid and tends to resist mechanical forces acting in directions -which would cause the weatherstripseal member to be displaced from the groove. Or, if desired, the base may have-its cross-sectional thickness decrease. gradually froml the lines ofjuncture toward the center, was shown in Figure 2B, so that the base may be more readily flexed along its longitudinal `central portion. Such control of the thickness of the cross-section of the base provides for ,controlling theease with which the seal member may be inserted in or Vremoved from the groove of the body member.
The weatherstrip seal member may be easily positioned in place in the groove 16 of the body member by deforming or bending the base longitudinally to bring its longitudinal edge portions or flanges in proximity to one another and away from the arcuate portion 30 and then slipping these longitudinal edge portions or flanges into the edge portions or openings 17 and 18 of the groove 16. The base 26 will then abut the surface 21 of the body member.
It will be seen now that a new and improved weatherstrip has been illustrated and described which includes a plate or body member 13 having a single groove 16 in which is received a resilient weatherstrip seal member 25. It will also be seen that the sides of the body member defining the parallel vertical sides of the groove 16 may besaid to be undercut to form the lips 19 and 20 and provide the groove 16 with its longitudinal edge portions or openings 17 and 18 which receive the edge portions or flanges 27 and 28 of the weatherstrip seal member, whereby the seal member lis held in position on the body member.
It will also be seen that the weatherstrip and seal member are of simple forms whereby manufacture and installation of the weatherstrip assembly on a threshold or other opening are facilitated while the costs thereof are decreased.
In Figure 3 is illustrated a threshold 40 which includes an inverted elongate substantially channel-shaped member 41 having side edge portions or feet 42 and 43 which may `be longitudinally grooved, as shown, to provide sharp edges whereby the threshold may be fxedly seated on a sill by means of screws, not shown, which may extend through longitudinally spaced apertures 44 provided in the channel-shaped member. A single longitudinal groove 45 is provided in the upper side of the channel-shaped member to receive a resilient weatherstrip seal member 25. A longitudinal dependent reinforcing and sealing rib 46, or flange, is formed substantially centrally of the underside of the channel-shaped member between the feet 42 and 43 and is provided with a longitudinal sharp or knife edge 47 which is sharp enough to penetrate into a wooden sill so that it effectively prevents transverse flow of air between the seal and the channel-shaped member.
A weatherstrip seal member 25 may be inserted into the groove 45 in the same manner as into the groove 16 of the body member shown in Figure 2 and will then seal between the bottom edge of 'a door and the channelshaped member in the same manner.
In Figure 4 is illustrated a modified lform of the threshold 40 wherein the reinforcing and sealing flange 46 is -provided with a longitudinal lateral boss 50 having a downwardly opening longitudinal groove 51 for receiving the resilient bead 52 of a resilient foot seal 53 to thus secure the latter to the flange 46. The bead 52 is solid and rectangular in form and is thus positively held in place in the downwardly opening groove 51 of the base. The seal 53 may be tubular so as to readily flex into sealing engagement with the floor or sill on which the threshold is mounted.
In Figure is illustrated a modified threshold 60 having a flat plate or body member 61 similar in all respects to the body member 13 of Figure 2 but having a dependent flange or bead 62 on the inner edge of each of the lips 63 which define the longitudinal side edge portions of lthe groove 64. The resilient weatherstrip seal member 65 is similar in all respects to the weatherstrip seal member 25 but has upstanding flanges 66 on its lateral edges which engage with the dependent flanges 62 of the body member to firmly secure the weatherstrip seal member in position'on the body member 61.
It will now be seen that a weatherstrip seal member 25 has been provided which may be used with a weatherstrip or threshold body member having a single longitudinal groove and that the seal member has an arcuate flexible sealing portion 30 which extends upwardly from a substantially flat rathery rigid base within the groove to engage the bottom edge of a door, window or the like. lt will also be seen that the weatherstrip seal member has longitudinal edge portions or flanges 27 and 28 which hold the seal member in position by engaging inwardly extending lips, such as the lips 19 and 20 of Figure 2 of the body member of the weatherstrip or threshold, the lips extending over longitudinal edge portions of the groove, and the flanges of the seal member therein.
The foregoing description of the invention is explanatory only, and changes in the details of the constructions illustrated may 'be made by those skilled in the art, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention.
What is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:
1. A combination threshold member and weather strip including: an elongate body having an upper surface formed with longitudinal marginal edge portions sloping upwardly and inwardly from said edges toward the central portion of the body and having groove means formed in its upper surface with a planar surface defining the edge portions of said groove means, said groove means including a planar bottom surface spaced `below the upper surface of the body member and having a portion underlying each of the inner edge portions of the planar upper surface defining the marginal edges of the groove means and substantially rectangular openings underlying a portion of the planar upper surface of the body member adjacent the groove means, said openings being defined along their lower sides by the planar bottom surface of the groove; and a resilient sealing member having an elongate substantially flat base portion removably positioned in said groove means, said base portion having substantially rectangular longitudinally extending outwardly projecting retaining flanges disposed in the openings at each side of the groove means, the width of said base being substantially equal to the width of the planar bottom surface of the groove means; said sealing member being formed with an integral upwardly arched flexible sealing section between said flanges, said flexible sealing section projecting substantially vertically upwardly from the base portion of said sealing member to a point substantially in the plane of the planar upper surface of the body member then curving convexly inwardly above and overlying the central portion of the base portion of the sealing strip at an elevation above said planar upper surface, the outer sides of said substantially vertical portions of said flexible sealing section being disposed to engage the inner longitudinal edges of the upper surface of the body defining the groove means to be supported thereby against lateral displacement.
2. The threshold of claim 1 wherein the base portion of the sealing member is greater in cross-sectional thickness and more rigid than the arched flexible sealing section.
3. A threshold of the character set forth in claim 1 wherein the substantially vertically extending portions of the arched flexible sealing section are thicker in crosssection to resist flexing of said sealing section at the point of junction of the section with the base and to more readily permit flexing in the exposed upwardly curved portion of the planar surfaces of the body member, there being an open space between the base portion and the flexible sealing section with the base being flexible to permit insertion thereof into the groove means and removal therefrom.
4. A combination threshold member and weather strip including: an elongate body having an upper surface formed with longitudinal marginal edge portions sloping upwardly and inwardly from said edges toward the central portion of the body and having groove means formed in its upper surface with a planar surface defining the edge portions of said groove means, said groove means including a planar bottom surface spaced below the upper surface of the body member and having a portion underlying each of the inner edge portions of the planar upper surface defining the marginal edges o-f thel groove means and substantially rectangular openings underlying a portion of the planar upper surface of the body member adjacent the groove means, said openings being defined along their lower sides by the planar bottom surface of the groove; and a resilient sealing member having an elongate substantially llat base portion removably positioned in said groove means, said base portion having substantially rectangular longitudinally extending outwardly projecting retaining flanges disposed in the openings at each side of the groove means, the width of said base being substantially equal to the width of the planar bottom surface of the groove means; said sealing member being formed with an integral upwardly arched llexible sealing section between said flanges, said flexible sealing section projecting substantially vertically upwardly from the base portion of said sealing member to a point substantially in the plane of the planar upper surface of the body member then curving convexly inwardly above and overlying the central portion of the base portion of the sealing strip at an elevation above said planar surface, the outer sides of said substantially vertical portions of said flexible sealing section being disposed to engage the inner longitudinal edges of the upper surface of the body defining the groove means to be supported thereby against lateral displacement, the base portion of the sealing member being greater in cross-sectional thickness and more rigid than the arched flexible sealing section, the substantially vertically extending portions of the arched flexible sealing section being thicker in crosssection to resist ilexing of said sealing section at the point of junction of the section with the base and to more readily permit flexing in the exposed upwardly curved portion of the planar surfaces of the body member, there being an open space between the base portion and the flexible sealing sectio-n with the base being flexible to permit insertion thereof into the groove means and removal therefrom.
5. A weather strip and support therefor including: an elongate body having an upper surface and a lower surface, said upper surface being formed with a substantially planar upper surface portion, said body having longitudinally extending groove means formed therein opening to the upper surface in the planar portion of said surface, whereby said planar portion defines the longitudinal edge portions of said groove means; said groove means having portions forming substantially rectangular openings underlying each of the inner edge portions of the planar upper surface of the body defining the marginal edges of the groove means and having a bottom extending transversely of said body below the inner edge portions of said body defining said longitudinal edges of said groove means and continuous with the bottom surfaces of the portions of said groove means forming said substantially rectangular openings; and a resilient sealing member having an elongate base portion removably positioned in said groove means, said base portion having substantially rectangular longitudinally extending laterally outwardly projecting retaining flanges disposed in the rectangular openings at each side of the groove means, the width of said base being substantially equal to the width of the bottom of the groove means; said sealing member being formed with an integral upwardly arched flexible sealing section between said flanges, said flexible sealing section having spaced lateral portions projecting substantially vertically upwardly from the base portion of said sealing member adjacent the flanges to a point substantially in the plane of the planar upper surface of the body then curving convexly upwardly and inwardly above and overlying the central portion of the base portion of the sealing strip at an elevation above said planar surface portion of the body, there being a continuous longitudinal hollow space between said flexible sealing section and the base portion between the upwardly extending spaced lateral portions of said flexible sealing section, the outer sides of said substantially vertical portions of said flexible sealing section being disposed to engage the inner longitudinal edges of the portion of the body defining the groove means, whereby said vertical portions of the sealing section are limited against deflection laterally outwardly of said groove means, said vertical portions being flexible inwardly of said groove away from said longitudinal edges of the body defining said groove means.
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