FLEXIBLE CORNER TRIM CUT PRODUCT

• US 20130266760A1
• Filed: 04/29/2013
• Published: 10/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Amundson Technology LLC
• Original Assignee: Gregory A. Amundson
• Inventors: AMUNDSON, GREGORY A.
• Application Number:
  US13/872,823
• Publication Number:
  US 20130266760A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 428/138
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/6803 Joint covers E04B1/6815 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 19/02 Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves for protecting edges of plaster E04F13/06
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 19/064 in corners
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24314 Slit or elongated
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24331 including nonapertured component

Abstract

A trim piece for receiving and concealing wire having an elongated unitary structure of indeterminate length which when viewed in cross section, includes a body presenting a first wing portion and an opposed second wing portion and an intervening decorative surface on an outwardly visible face comprising a flap extending between the first wing portion and the second wing portion, the first wing portion and the second wing portion extending outwardly away from the body and terminating in a substantially knife edge, wherein a channel is disposed in the body, whereby the channel is capable of receiving a fiber wire, whereby the body includes an aperture and a seam for providing access to the aperture, whereby the seam is formed by an overlap between the flap and an inner flap.

Claims

1. A trim piece for receiving and concealing a fiber wire, the trim piece comprising:

an elongated unitary structure of indeterminate length which when viewed in cross section, includes;

a body presenting a first wing portion and an opposed second wing portion and an intervening decorative surface on an outwardly visible face comprising a flap extending between the first wing portion and the second wing portion;

the first wing portion and the second wing portion extending outwardly away from the body and terminating in a substantially knife edge, wherein a channel is disposed in the body, whereby the channel is capable of receiving a fiber wire, whereby the body includes an aperture and a seam for providing access to the aperture, whereby the seam is formed by an overlap between the flap and an inner flap;

an adhesive portion, the adhesive portion extending at least partially over an inward face of the body;

the trim piece being formed from a flexible polymer material having a flexible resiliency such that the first wing portion and the second wing portion are each deformed generally outwardly by contact with one of the two structures and wherein the first wing portion and the second wing portion establish a generally sealing relationship with the two surfaces and wherein the adhesive portion adheres to the two surfaces and establishes an equilibrium with the flexible resiliency of the polymer material such that the first outward portion and the second outward portion are each in deformed sealing contact with the first structure and the second structure.

2. The trim piece as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a locking hook to mechanically engage the flap with the inner flap.

3. The trim piece as claimed in claim 1 further comprising an adhesive tape, wherein the adhesive tape is used to secure the flap to the inner flap.

4. The trim piece as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a hook and loop fastener system, wherein the hook and loop fastener system is used to secure the flap to the inner flap.

5. The trim piece as claimed in claim 1, wherein liquid instant adhesive is used to secure the flap with the inner flap.

6. The trim piece as claimed in claim 1, wherein UV cure adhesive is used to secure the flap with the inner flap.

7. The trim piece as claimed in claim 1, wherein the body is formed from a polyurethane polymer having a durometer of approximately sixty to seventy based on the Shore A scale.

8. The trim piece as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first wing portion and the second wing portion have a wing flexure of approximately one hundred fourteen grams when utilizing a wing flex test.

9. The trim piece as claimed in claim 1, wherein the body is formed from a polyvinyl chloride polymer having a durometer of approximately eighty to eighty five based on the Shore A scale.

10. The trim piece as claimed in claim 3, wherein the adhesive is resealable.

11. A trim piece for sealing a joint in a work surface, the trim piece comprising:

an elongated unitary structure of indeterminate length which when viewed in cross section, includes;

a body presenting a first wing portion and an opposed second wing portion and an intervening decorative surface on an outwardly visible face extending between the first wing portion and the second wing portion;

the first wing portion and the second wing portion extending outwardly away from the body and terminating in a substantially knife edge, wherein an aperture is disposed in the body;

an adhesive portion, the adhesive portion extending at least partially over two inward faces of the body and the adhesive portion presenting a first adhesive face and a second adhesive face, a first imaginary extension of the first adhesive face intersecting the first wing portion and a second imaginary extension of the second adhesive face intersecting the second wing portion such that a first outward portion of the first wing portion extends beyond the first imaginary extension when the first wing portion is undeformed and a second outward portion of the second wing portion extends beyond the second imaginary extension when the second wing portion is undeformed and when the adhesive is uncompressed;

the trim piece being formed from a flexible polymer material having a flexible resiliency such that the first wing portion and the second wing portion are each deformed generally outwardly by contact with one of the two structures and wherein the first wing portion and the second wing portion establish a generally sealing relationship with the two surfaces and wherein the adhesive portion adheres to the two surfaces and establishes an equilibrium with the flexible resiliency of the polymer material such that the first outward portion and the second outward portion are each in deformed sealing contact with the first structure and the second structure.

12. The trim piece as claimed in claim 11, wherein the body further presents a radius indentation adjacent each of the first wing portion and the second wing portion.

13. The trim piece as claimed in claim 11, wherein when viewed in cross section, the adhesive extends continuously over at least partially over the two inward faces and over a rounded intersection between the two inward faces.

14. The trim piece as claimed in claim 12, wherein the adhesive is a coextrusion with the body.

15. The trim piece as claimed in claim 11, wherein the body, when viewed in cross section, further comprises a nipple extending inwardly away from the outwardly visible face.

16. The trim piece as claimed in claim 11, wherein the adhesive is a silicone adhesive having a one hundred eighty degree peel adhesion of approximately thirty five ounces per inch.

17. The trim piece as claimed in claim 11, wherein the body is formed from a polyurethane polymer having a durometer of approximately sixty to seventy based on the Shore A scale.

18. The trim piece as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first wing portion and the second wing portion have a wing flexure of approximately one hundred fourteen grams when utilizing a wing flex test.

19. The trim piece as claimed in claim 11, wherein the body is formed from a polyvinyl chloride polymer having a durometer of approximately eighty to eighty five based on the Shore A scale.

20. A trim piece for sealing a joint in a work surface, the trim piece comprising:

an elongated unitary structure of indeterminate length which when viewed in cross section, includes;

a body presenting a first wing portion and an opposed second wing portion and an intervening decorative surface on an outwardly visible face extending between the first wing portion and the second wing portion;

the first wing portion and the second wing portion extending outwardly away from the body and terminating in a substantially knife edge, wherein a communications cable is disposed in the body;

an adhesive portion, the adhesive portion extending at least partially over two inward faces of the generally triangular section and the adhesive portion presenting a first adhesive face and a second adhesive face, a first imaginary extension of the first adhesive face intersecting the first wing portion and a second imaginary extension of the second adhesive face intersecting the second wing portion such that a first outward portion of the first wing portion extends beyond the first imaginary extension when the first wing portion is undeformed and a second outward portion of the second wing portion extends beyond the second imaginary extension when the second wing portion is undeformed and when the adhesive is uncompressed;

the trim piece being formed from a flexible polymer material having a flexible resiliency such that the first wing portion and the second wing portion are each deformed generally outwardly by contact with one of the two structures and wherein the first wing portion and the second wing portion establish a generally sealing relationship with the two surfaces and wherein the adhesive portion adheres to the two surfaces and establishes an equilibrium with the flexible resiliency of the polymer material such that the first outward portion and the second outward portion are each in deformed sealing contact with the first structure and the second structure.