INTERCHANGEABLE MOLDING DESIGNS AND LIGHTING PANELS

• US 20140185293A1
• Filed: 08/13/2013
• Published: 07/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Andrew Walker, Michael Ayotte
• Original Assignee: Andrew Walker, Michael Ayotte
• Inventors: Ayotte, Michael, Walker, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US13/965,489
• Publication Number:
  US 20140185293A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/249.02
• 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 19/0481 Skirtings or crown mouldings with a separate cladding strip
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 19/0495 Plinths fixed around wall openings or around corners of walls
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 10/023 by selectively switching fixed light sources
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 4/00 Lighting devices or systems using a string or strip of light sources
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/033 the surface being a wall or like vertical structure, e.g. building facade
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/04 intended only for mounting on a ceiling or the like overhead structures F21S8/02 takes precedence; details of ceiling bases F21V21/03
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 17/002 with provision for interchangeability, i.e. component parts being especially adapted to be replaced by another part with the same or a different function F21V17/10 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/04 the elements being switches safety devices F21V25/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0471 the sensor detecting the proximity, the presence or the movement of an object or a person
• 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: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

A molding member may include at least one interchangeable panel that may be interchanged after the molding member has been installed to a support structure. The molding member may allow the molding design to be replaced to match the desired appearance of the room in which the molding is attached. Thus, the molding design may be interchanged without having to remove and reinstall new molding members. The molding design may include interchangeable lighting elements.

Claims

1. A molding member, comprising:

a body member adapted to be attached to a structure;

a removable design panel at least partially disposed within the body member, wherein the removable design panel is interchangeable after the body member is attached to the structure to which it is adapted to be attached; and

at least one removable lighting panel disposed within the body member.

2. The molding member of claim 1, wherein the at least one removable lighting panel attached to the body member comprises at least one light-emitting diode.

3. The molding member of claim 1, wherein the at least one removable lighting panel comprises at least one of a ribbon of lighting elements, a strip of lighting elements, a bar of lighting elements, and a panel of lighting elements.

4. The molding member of claim 1, wherein the at least one removable lighting panel is adapted and configured to be attached to a primary power supply and a redundant power supply.

5. The molding member of claim 1, wherein the at least one removable lighting panel is affixed to the removable design panel.

6. The molding member of claim 1, wherein the body member comprises a display cavity, the display cavity defined by a back surface, a top surface, a bottom surface, a top retaining ledge, and a bottom retaining ledge.

7. The molding member of claim 1, wherein the at least one lighting panel comprises a motion sensor switch.

8. The molding member of claim 1, wherein the at least one lighting panel comprises a dimmer switch.

9. A molding member, comprising:

a body member adapted to be attached to a structure, the body member partially enclosing a cavity, a cross-section of the cavity defined by a trapezoidal shape; and

at least one removable lighting panel at least partially disposed within the cavity, the at least one removable lighting panel being interchangeable from within the cavity after the body member is attached to the structure to which the body member is adapted to be attached to.

10. The molding member of claim 9, further comprising at least one transparent material adjacent to the at least one removable lighting panel.

11. The molding member of claim 9, further comprising a compressible material attached to a back surface, the back surface partially defining the trapezoidal shaped cavity.

12. The molding member of claim 9, further comprising at least one removable design insert at least partially disposed within the cavity.

13. The molding member of claim 12, wherein the at least one removable design insert comprises a glow in the dark material.

14. A molding member with interchangeable lighting panels, comprising:

a body member defining a cavity, the cavity being defined by;

a top surface;

a top retaining ledge and a bottom retaining ledge;

a bottom surface; and

a back surface;

at least one removable design panel at least partially disposed between the top surface and the bottom surface; and

at least one lighting panel at least partially disposed between the top surface and the bottom surface.

15. The molding member of claim 14, wherein the at least one removable design panel is disposed between the back surface and the at least one lighting panel.

16. The molding member of claim 14, wherein the at least one removable design panel comprises at least one of glass, stained glass, colored glass, and glass tile.

17. The molding member of claim 14, wherein the at least one lighting panel comprises a plurality of lighting panels electrically connected in series.

18. The molding member of claim 14, wherein the at least one lighting panel is adapted and configured to communicate with a remote controller.

19. The molding member of claim 14, wherein the at least one lighting panel is adjacent to the at least one removable design panel.

20. The molding member of claim 14, wherein the at least one lighting panel is secured to the at least one removable design panel.