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A flexible seal with a tree insert on the lower portion of the seal that is pushed without tools into a continuous slot or a series of slots that are spaced along the flat mounting surface. When the seal is mounted adjacent to an edge of a panel or surface, a retaining clip feature can be added alon

A flexible seal with a tree insert on the lower portion of the seal that is pushed without tools into a continuous slot or a series of slots that are spaced along the flat mounting surface. When the seal is mounted adjacent to an edge of a panel or surface, a retaining clip feature can be added along with the tree insert to aid in retaining the seal during the open and close cycle or compression and un-compressed state. There is an upper seal portion engaged to a lower portion. This upper portion is made of a material of a different flexibility than the lower portion. In one embodiment, the lower portion with the tree and the retaining clip, if used, is made of a dense rubber and the upper portion is a cellular sponge. The seal may be used to seal the space between the top of a vehicle radiator module and the hood of the vehicle to thereby prevent recirculation flow around the radiator.

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1. A mobile vehicle in combination with an air recirculation seal, comprising:(a) a chassis; (b) an engine engaged to said chassis; (c) said engine has a fan for moving air across a radiator to provide cooling to an engine cooling system; (d) said radiator engaged to said chassis through a radiator

1. A mobile vehicle in combination with an air recirculation seal, comprising:(a) a chassis; (b) an engine engaged to said chassis; (c) said engine has a fan for moving air across a radiator to provide cooling to an engine cooling system; (d) said radiator engaged to said chassis through a radiator module; (e) a pivotable hood for enclosing said engine; (f) a seal engaged to an upper portion of said radiator module; (g) said seal having an upper sealing portion and a lower portion; (h) said lower portion having a push-through-connect feature, wherein said push-through-to-connect feature is pushed though an opening in said radiator module and said push-through-to-connect feature having expanded after insertion; (i) a retaining clip running along a lower side of one edge of said upper portion; (j) said retain clip having a lower lip, said lower lip being directed in a direction perpendicular to said push-through-to-connect feature and said lower lip directed in a direction away from a hood pivot point; and (k) said upper portion of said seal for sealing a space between said radiator module and an inner surface of said hood for preventing air flow through said radiator to recirculate to an inlet of said radiator between said radiator module and said hood when said hood is in a pivoted closed position.