ARCHITECTURAL MOLDING SYSTEM

• US 20130235564A1
• Filed: 03/08/2013
• Published: 09/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chris Stefko, Karina Barcelos, Robert Karnick
• Original Assignee: Chris Stefko, Karina Barcelos, Robert Karnick
• Inventors: Karnick, Robert, Barcelos, Karina, Stefko, Chris
• Application Number:
  US13/791,191
• Publication Number:
  US 20130235564A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/151
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 19/0477 Plinths fixed by means of adhesive
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 19/0495 Plinths fixed around wall openings or around corners of walls
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 2019/0422 of organic plastics with or without reinforcements or filling materials
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 4/26 of rope form, e.g. LED lighting ropes, or of tubular form
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/006 General building constructions or finishing work for buildings, e.g. roofs, gutters, stairs or floors; Garden equipment; Sunshades or parasols
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2121/00 Use or application of lighting devices or systems for decorative purposes, not provided for in codes F21W2102/00 – F21W2107/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

The invention provides an architectural molding system including at least one section of molding that comprises an elongated body having a longitudinally extending light clip channel and a longitudinally extending slot through a front surface of the elongated body and communicating with the longitudinally extending light clip channel. The longitudinally extending slot is downwardly and outwardly sloped in a direction from the longitudinally extending light clip channel towards the bottom of the front surface. A flexible light source, such as, a rope light is removably postionable within the light clip channel. When the light source is turned on the longitudinally extending slot directs the light from the light clip channel upon a floor surface adjacent the molding.

Claims

1. An architectural molding system, comprising:

at least one section of molding, said at least one section of molding having an elongated body including a longitudinally extending light clip channel and a longitudinally extending slot through a front surface of said elongated body and communicating with said longitudinally extending light clip channel, said longitudinally extending slot being downwardly and outwardly sloped in a direction from said longitudinally extending light clip channel towards the bottom of said front surface.

2. The architectural molding system of claim 1, wherein said elongated body further includes a back wall and a bottom wall extending forwardly from said back wall.

3. The architectural molding system of claim 2, wherein said back wall and said bottom wall define a 90-degree angle so as to permit placement of said elongated body along the interface edge of a wall and floor surface.

4. The architectural molding system of claim 1, wherein said at least one section of molding is baseboard.

5. The architectural molding system of claim 1, wherein said body further includes a back wall, a bottom wall forwardly extending from said back wall, and a leg downwardly depending from said bottom wall at an edge thereof that is opposite of said back wall.

6. The architectural molding system of claim 1, wherein said body further includes a semi-circular projection extending inwardly into and continuously along the rope light clip channel that serves to narrow said rope light clip channel.

7. The architectural molding system of claim 1, wherein said body further includes a second longitudinally extending rope light clip channel, said second longitudinally extending rope light clip channel being rearwardly open relative to said front surface.

8. The architectural molding system of claim 1, wherein said at least one section of molding further includes a paver channel connected to a rearward side of said body.

9. An architectural molding system comprising:

at least one section of molding, said at least one section of molding having an elongated body including a substantially flat back wall, a substantially flat bottom wall joined to said back wall and extending forwardly from said back wall, a decorative front surface, a longitudinally extending light clip channel and a longitudinally extending slot through said front surface and communicating with said longitudinally extending light clip channel;

said longitudinally extending slot being downwardly and outwardly sloped in a direction from said longitudinally extending light clip channel towards said front surface; and

a flexible light source disposed within said longitudinally extending light clip channel.

10. The architectural molding system of claim 9, wherein said body further includes a semi-circular projection extending inwardly into and continuously along the rope light clip channel that serves to narrow said rope light clip channel.

11. The architectural molding system of claim 9, wherein said at least one molding is baseboard.

12. The architectural molding system of claim 9, wherein said body further includes a leg downwardly depending from said bottom wall at an edge thereof that is opposite of said back wall.

13. The architectural molding system of claim 9, wherein said back wall and said bottom wall define a 90-degree angle so as to permit placement of said elongated body along the interface edge of a wall and floor surface.

14. An architectural molding system comprising:

a plurality of molding sections inter-connected end-to-end and extending along an interface edge between a wall surface and a floor surface;

each of said molding sections comprising an elongated body including a longitudinally extending light clip channel and a longitudinally extending slot through a front surface of said elongated body and communicating with said longitudinally extending light clip channel, said longitudinally extending slot being downwardly and outwardly sloped in a direction from said longitudinally extending light clip channel towards the bottom of said front surface; and

a flexible light source disposed within said longitudinally extending light clip channel of each molding section.

15. The architectural molding system of claim 14, wherein said body further includes a semi-circular projection extending inwardly into and continuously along the rope light clip channel that serves to narrow said rope light clip channel.

16. The architectural molding system of claim 15, wherein said body further includes a back wall, a bottom wall forwardly extending from said back wall, and a leg downwardly depending from said bottom wall at an edge thereof that is opposite of said back wall.

17. The architectural molding system of claim 16, wherein said back wall and said bottom wall define a 90-degree angle so as to permit placement of said elongated body along the interface edge of said wall surface and said floor surface.

18. The architectural molding system of claim 14, wherein said body further includes a second longitudinally extending rope light clip channel, said second longitudinally extending rope light clip channel being rearwardly open relative to said front surface.

19. The architectural molding system of claim 14, wherein said at least one section of molding further includes a paver channel connected to a rearward side of said body.