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Kit of Parts for Trimming Step Edges

  • US 20160376793A1
  • Filed: 06/29/2015
  • Published: 12/29/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus for trimming a step edge for example a tread of a staircase, a step at an edge of a sunken floor, or a top edge of a short wall, comprising:

  • a vertical riser board meeting a horizontal existing surface at or adjacent an edge of the existing surface;

    a facing material covering the riser board;

    an elongate member forming a nose piece above the facing material for mounting at the edge of the existing surface, the member having;

    a vertical rear surface along the riser board;

    a front face defining an attractive face that is opposite the rear surface;

    a horizontal top surface extending between the rear surface and the front face;

    an upper edge at a junction of the top surface and the front face;

    a lower edge at a bottom of the front face along the facing material;

    a continuously longitudinally extending groove in the front face of the member, the groove having;

    a base recessed from the front face;

    a first side edge in the front face of the member at a position spaced from the upper edge of the member and a second side edge on said front face at a position spaced from the lower edge of the member;

    a first side wall extending from the base to the first side edge and a second side wall extending from the base to the second side edge; and

    a series of screws in the groove at spaced positions along the base thereof;

    the screws fastening the member in a mounted position in which the top surface of the member is spaced above the existing surface such that a thickness of a covering material which is disposed on the existing surface for covering the existing surface is located between the top surface of the member and the existing surface.

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