Moldings

• US 4,545,162 A
• Filed: 05/05/1983
• Issued: 10/08/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/1983
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: MM Systems Corporation
• Original Assignee: MM Systems Corporation
• Inventors: Attaway, Julian J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Raduazo, Henry E.
• Application Number:
  US06/491,902
• Time in Patent Office: 887 Days
• Field of Search: 52/288, 52/287, 52/255, 52/256, 52/257, 52/461, 52/716, 52/717, 52/718, 52/460, 52/465, 52/468
• US Class Current: 52/255
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 19/06 specially designed for securing panels or masking the edges of wall- or floor-covering elements E04F19/022, E04F19/026 and E04F19/04 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 19/061 used to finish off an edge or corner of a wall or floor covering area in connection with floor fabrics A47G27/045; sealings between walls and baths A47K3/008
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 19/064 in corners

Abstract

Moldings which serve as grounds either for fluent settable or dry finish material, or both, are suited to be fastened against sub-structure of a building, and the molding includes a channel which interiorly is revealed forwardly as trim, the channel being disposed forwardly in the molding so as to be accompanied by coves formed in the molding at the rear of the channel, and so as to have fluent settable finish material enter and cleat in the related cove, where fluent settable finish material is selected for application outside the cove, to the molding.

Claims

1. A molding shaft adapted to be associated with sub-structure of a building and be disposed intermediately of finish material, said molding shaft comprising, reveal wall structure including, a laterally open channel having an interior to be revealed as trim between first and second lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure, and said channel comprising, first and second side walls having outside surfaces to be concealed, and a web having a first junction with said first side wall of said channel and a second junction with said second side wall of said channel, said channel side walls laterally being straight walls forming approximately equal angles of either about a right angle and about a 135 degree angle in magnitude with said web, and said reveal wall structure further comprising a first flange outside said channel, said first flange being connected with an outer lateral end of one of said side walls of said channel and having forward and rearward surfaces and said first lateral terminal end of said reveal wall structure, for said finish material to extend behind said rearward surface of said first flange and thus be locally masked by said first flange while having said forward surface of said first flange and said interior of said channel revealed as trim between said first and second lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure, and said said molding shaft further including lead wall structure comprising, a stub wall, and a lead wall connected with said stub wall and forming a lead wall angle with said stub wall laterally of said molding shaft about equal to each of said angles formed by said side walls of said channel with said web, said lead wall having a lateral free end and extending laterally of said molding shaft beyond said channel outwardly aside from said one of said side walls of said channel to said lateral free end, said stub wall having a lateral end at junction with the rear of said channel web marginally inwardly from said junctions of said channel web with said first and second side walls of said channel, and said stub wall forming first and second substantially right angular coves with said web and offsetting said web from said lead wall, for said lead wall to be fastened laterally aside from said one of said channel side walls to said sub-structure having said lead wall against said sub-structure and for said finish material when placed substantially at said lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure and said first and second side walls of said channel, and substantially at said sub-structure and said coves and behind said first flange to conceal said sub-structure, said lead wall structure and said outside surfaces of said side walls of said channel, so as to have the interior of said channel along with said forward surface of said first flange exposed as trim between said lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure.

2. A molding shaft as set forth in claim 1, wherein said angle formed by said lead wall with said stub wall and said angles formed by said channel side walls with said web are about right angles.

3. A molding shaft as set forth in claim 1, wherein said angle formed by said lead wall with said stub wall and said angles formed by said channel side walls with said web are about 135 degree angles.

4. A molding shaft as set forth in claim 3, wherein said molding shaft further includes an allocating wall having a junction in common with said lead wall and said stub wall, and said lead wall and said allocaing wall form about 135 degree angles with said stub wall and about a right angle with one another, for said lead wall and said allocating wall to be against a sub-structural corner and said lead wall to be fastened to said sub-structural corner.

5. A molding shaft as set forth in claim 1, wherein said angle formed by said lead wall with said stub wall and said angles formed by said channel side walls with said web are about right angles, said first flange is on said first side wall of said channel and said lead wall laterally extends beyond said channel outwardly aside from said first side wall of said channel to said lateral free end, for said lead wall to be fastened laterally aside from said first side wall of said channel to said sub-structure, and an outer lateral end of said second side wall of said channel provides said second lateral terminal end of said reveal wall structure, for said finish material to extend behind said rearward surface of said first flange and thus be locally masked by said first flange while having said forward surface of said first flange and said interior for said channel revealed as trim between said lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure.

6. A molding shaft as set forth in claim 1, wherein said first flange is on said first side wall of said channel and said reveal wall structure further comprises a second flange outside said channel, said second flange being connected with an outer lateral end of said second side wall of said channel, and said second flange having forward and rearward surfaces and providing said second lateral terminal end of said reveal wall structure, for said finish material to extend behind said rearward surfaces of said flanges and thus be locally masked by said flanges while having said forward surfaces of said flanges and said interior of said channel revealed as trim between said lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure.

7. A molding shaft as set forth in claim 6, wherein said angle formed by said stub wall with said lead wall and said angles formed by said channel side walls are about right angles.

8. A molding shaft as set forth in claim 6, wherein said angle formed by said stub wall with said lead wall and said angles formed by said channel side walls with said web are approximately 135 degree angles.

9. A molding shaft as set forth in claim 6, wherein said molding shaft further includes an allocating wall having a junction in common with said lead wall and said stub wall, and said lead wall and said allocating wall form about 135 degree angles with said stub wall and about a right angle with one another, for said lead wall and said allocating wall to be against a sub-structural corner and said lead wall to be fastened to said sub-structural corner.

10. A molding shaft adapted to be associated with a sub-structural corner of a building and be disposed intermediately of finish material, said molding shaft comprising, reveal wall structure including, a laterally open channel having an interior to be revealed as trim between first and second lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure, and said channel comprising, first and second side walls having outside surfaces to be concealed, and a web, said web having a first junction with said first side wall of said channel and a second junction with said second side wall of said channel, and said first and second side walls of said channel being laterally straight walls and forming about right angles with said web, and said molding shaft further including lead wall structure comprising, a stub wall, and first and second lead walls forming an about right first lead wall angle with one another for said first and second lead walls to be against said sub-structural corner and said first lead wall to be fastened to said sub-structural corner, and said lead wall structure having first and second lateral ends and said stub wall having said second lateral end of said lead wall structure at junction with the rear of said channel web marginally inwardly from said junctions of said channel side walls with said web, and said stub wall forming first and second about right angular coves with said channel web and about a right second lead wall angle with said second lead wall behind said channel so as to have channel web and said second lead wall opposite one another, said first lead wall including said first lateral end of said lead wall structure and being substantially aligned laterally of said molding shaft with said first side wall of said channel, so that when said first lead wall is fastened to said sub-structural corner having said first and second lead walls against said sub-structural corner, and said finish material is placed substantially at said first and second lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure and substantially at said outside surfaces of said channel side walls and said coves and against said sub-structural corner, said finish material conceals said sub-structural corner, said lead wall structure and said outside surfaces of said channel side walls. so as to have the interior of said channel exposed as trim between said first and second lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure.

11. A molding shaft as set forth in claim 10, wherein a said lateral terminal end of said reveal wall structure is provided by a flange of said reveal wall structure, and said flange is disposed outside said channel and connected with said second side wall of said channel, for being forwardly revealed as trim and locally covering said finish material.

12. A molding shaft as set forth in claim 10, wherein said reveal wall structure further includes a ledge wall outside said channel and joined to said first side wall of said channel, for said finish material, when placed longitudinally end wise against a rearward surface of said ledge wall, to be masked by said ledge wall with said ledge wall being forwardly revealed as trim.

13. A molding shaft as set forth in claim 12, wherein said reveal wall structure further includes a flange outside said channel and joined to said second side wall of said channel, for said flange to mask said finish material locally, when said finish material longitudinally endwise is against said outside surface of said second side wall of said channel with said flange being forwardly revealed as trim.

14. A molding shaft adapted to be associated with sub-structure of a building and be disposed intermediately of finish material, said molding shaft comprising, reveal wall structure including, a laterally open channel having an interior to be revealed as trim between first and second lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure, and said channel comprising, first and second side walls having outside surfaces to be concealed, and a web having a first junction with said first side wall of said channel and a second junction with said second side wall of said channel, said channel side walls being laterally straight walls forming approximately equal angles of either about a right angle and about a 135 degree angle in magnitude with said web, and said reveal wall structure further comprising a first flange outside said channel, said first flange being connected with an outer lateral end of said first side wall of said channel and having forward and rearward surfaces and said first lateral terminal end of said reveal wall structure, for said finish material to extend behind said rearward surface of said first flange and thus be locally masked by said first flange while having said forward surface of said first flange and said interior of said channel revealed as trim between said first and second lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure, and said molding shaft further including lead wall structure comprising, stub wall means connected with said channel web marginally inwardly laterally of said molding shaft from said junctions of said first and second side walls of said channel with said web, and said stub wall means being disposed behind said channel between first and second coves formed by said stub wall means with said web, and a lead wall forming a lead wall angle with said stub wall means laterally of said molding shaft, having said channel offset from said lead wall by said stub wall means, and said lead wall having a lateral free end and being directed approximately 90 degrees differently than at least one of said first and second side walls of said channel laterally of said molding shaft and extending laterally of said molding shaft beyond said channel outwardly aside from one of said side walls of said channel to said lateral free end, for said lead wall to be fastened laterally aside from said one of said channel side walls to said sub-structure having said lead wall against said sub-structure, and for said finish material when placed substantially at said lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure and said first and second side walls of said channel, and substantially at said sub-structure and said coves and behind said first flange, to conceal said sub-structure, said lead wall structure and said outside surfaces of said side walls of said channel, so as to have the interior of said channel along with said forward surface of said first flange exposed as trim between said lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure.

15. A molding shaft as set forth in claim 14, wherein said angles formed by said channel side walls with said web are about right angles.

16. A molding shaft as set forth in claim 15, wherein an outer lateral end of said second side wall of said channel includes said second lateral terminal end of said reveal wall structure, and said lead wall extends laterally of said molding shaft beyond said channel outwardly aside from said first side wall of said channel to said lateral free end of said lead wall, for said lead wall to be fastened laterally aside from said first side wall of said channel to said sub-structure.

17. A molding shaft as set forth in claim 15, wherein said reveal wall structure further comprises a second flange outside said channel and said second flange connected with an outer lateral end of said second side wall of said channel and having forward and rearward surfaces and said second lateral terminal end of said reveal wall structure, for said finish material to extend behind said rearward surfaces of said flanges and thus be locally masked by said flanges while having said forward surfaces of said flanges and said interior of said channel revealed as trim between said lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure.

18. A molding shaft as set forth in claim 14, wherein said angles formed by said channel side walls with said web are about 135 degree angles.

19. A molding shaft as set forth in claim 18, wherein said reveal wall structure further comprises a second flange outside said channel and said second flange connected with an outer lateral end of said second side wall of said channel, said second flanges having forward and rearward surfaces and said second lateral terminal end of said reveal wall structure, for said finish material to extend behind said rearward surfaces of said flanges and thus be locally masked by said flanges while having said forward surfaces of said flanges and said interior of said channel revealed as trim between said lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure.

20. A molding shaft as set forth in claim 19, wherein said molding shaft further includes an allocating wall joined to said lead wall and said stub wall means and forming about a right angle with said lead wall, for said allocating wall and said lead wall to be against a sub-structural corner and said lead wall to be fastened to said sub-structural corner.

21. A molding shaft adapted to be associated with a sub-structural corner of a building and be disposed intermediately of finish material, said molding shaft comprising, reveal wall structure including, a laterally open channel having an interior to be revealed as trim between first and second lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure, and said channel comprising, first and second side walls having outside surfaces to be concealed, and a web, said web having a first junction with said first side wall of said channel and a second junction with said second side wall of said channel, and said first and second side walls of said channel being laterally straight walls and forming about right angles with said web, and said molding shaft further including lead wall structure comprising, first and second lead walls forming approximately a right lead wall angle with one another laterally of said molding shaft for said first and second lead walls to be against said sub-structural corner and said first lead wall to be fastened to said sub-structural corner, and stub wall means connected with said channel web marginally inwardly laterally of said molding shaft from said junctions of said first and second side walls of said channel with said web, and said stub wall means being disposed between first and second coves formed by said stub wall means with said web having said channel offset from said second lead wall and connected therewith by said stub wall means with said second lead wall leading substantially parallel with said web behind said channel, and said first lead wall including a free lateral end of said lead wall structure and being substantially aligned laterally of said molding shaft with said first side wall of said channel, so that when said first lead wall is fastened to said sub-structural corner having said first and second lead walls against said sub-structural corner, and said finish material is placed substantially at said first and second lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure and substantially at said outside surfaces of said channel side walls and said coves and against said sub-structural corner, said finish material conceals said sub-structural corner, said lead wall structure and said outside surfaces of said channel side walls, so as to have the interior of said channel exposed as trim between said first and second lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure.

22. A molding shaft as set forth in claim 21, wherein a said lateral terminal end of said reveal wall structure is provided by a flange of said reveal wall structure, and said flange is disposed outside said channel and connected with said second side wall of said channel, for being forwardly revealed as trim and locally covering said finish material.

23. A molding shaft as set forth in claim 21, wherein said reveal wall structure further includes a ledge wall outside said channel and joined to said first side wall of said channel, for said finish material, when placed longitudinally endwise against a rearward surface of said ledge wall, to be masked by said ledge wall with said ledge wall being forwardly revealed as trim.

24. A molding shaft as set forth in claim 23, wherein said reveal wall structure further includes a flange outside said channel and joined to said second side wall of said channel, for said flange to mask said finish material locally, when said finish material longitudinally endwise is against said outside surface of said second side wall of said channel with said flange being forwardly revealed as trim.

25. In combination with sub-structure of a building and finish material, a molding shaft comprising, reveal wall structure including, a laterally open channel and first and second lateral terminal ends, and said channel comprising, first and second side walls and a web having a first junction with said first side wall of said channel and a second junction with said second side wall of said channel, said channel side walls being laterally straight walls forming approximately equal angles of either about a right angle and about a 135 degree angle in magnitude with said web, and said molding shaft further including lead wall structure comprising, stub wall means connected with said channel web marginally inwardly laterally of said molding shaft from said junctions of said first and second side walls of said channel with said web, and said stub wall means being disposed behind said channel between first and second coves formed by said stub wall means with said web, and a lead wall forming a lead wall angle with said stub wall means, laterally of said molding shaft, having said channel offset from said lead wall by said stub wall means, and said lead wall being directed approximately 90 degrees differently than at least one of said first and second side walls of said channel laterally of said molding shaft with said lead wall against said sub-structure and said lead wall structure fastened to said sub-structure, and with said finish material in place substantially at said lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure and the outside surfaces of said first and second side walls of said channel, and substantially at said sub-structure and said coves, and concealing said sub-structure, said lead wall structure and said outside surfaces of said channel side walls, so as to have the interior of said channel exposed as trim between said lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure.

26. The combination as set forth in claim 25, wherein said stub wall means includes a stub wall disposed behind said channel and joined to said web marginally inwardly laterally of said molding shaft from said junctions of said channel side walls with said web, and said coves are approximately right angle coves formed by said stub wall with said web on opposite sides of said stub wall.

27. The combination as set forth in claim 25, wherein said angles formed by said channel side walls with said web are about right angles, and said lead wall has a lateral free end and laterally extends substantially parallel with said channel web and beyond said channel outwardly aside from said first side wall of said channel to said lateral free end, and is fastened laterally aside from said first side wall of said channel to said sub-structure.

28. The combination as set forth in claim 27, wherein a flange of said reveal wall structure is disposed outside said channel and connected with an outer lateral end of said first side wall of said channel, and a lateral end of said flange and an outer lateral end of said second side wall of said channel are said first and second lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure, and said sub-structure includes a sub-structural corner wherein said lead wall is fastened laterally aside from said first side wall of said channel to a first side of said sub-structural corner, with said finish material extending between said second side of said sub-structural corner and said second side wall of said channel and being behind said flange and substantially at said first side wall of said channel outside said channel, thus having a forward surface of said flange, the interior of said channel, and said lateral outer end of said second side wall of said channel revealed as trim.

29. The combination as set forth in claim 27, wherein first and second flanges of said reveal wall structure are disposed outside said channel and connected with outer lateral ends of said first and second side walls of said channel, and said first and second flanges include said first and second lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure.

30. The combination as set forth in claim 25, wherein said angles formed by said channel side walls with said web are about 135 degree angles, and said lead wall has a lateral free end and laterally extends beyond said channel outwardly aside from said first side wall of said channel to said lateral free end, and said sub-structure includes a sub-structural corner having said lead wall fastened laterally aside from said first side wall of said channel to a first side of said sub-structural corner, and said finish material covers both sides of said sub-structural corner having said channel disposed in a corner beveling sense relatively to said finish material.

31. The combination as set forth in claim 30, wherein first and second flanges providing said first and second lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure are disposed outside said channel, are connected with outer lateral ends of said first and second side walls of said channel and overlap said finish material so as to have outside surfaces revealed as trim along with the interior of said channel.

32. In combination with a sub-structural corner of a building and finish material, a molding shaft comprising, reveal wall structure including a laterally open channel and first and second lateral terminal ends, said channel comprising, first and second side walls and a web having a first junction with said first side wall of said channel and a second junction with said second side wall of said channel, said channel side walls being laterally straight walls forming approximately right angles with said channel web and having surfaces outside said channel, and said molding shaft further including lead wall structure comprising, first and second lead walls forming approximately a right lead wall angle with one another laterally of said molding shaft, and stub wall means connected with said channel web marginally inwardly laterally of said molding shaft from said junctions of said first and second side walls of said channel with said web, and said stub wall means being disposed between first and second coves formed by said stub wall means with said web, having said channel offset from said second lead wall and connected therewith by said stub wall means with said second lead wall leading substantially parallel with said web behind said channel, and said first lead wall including a free lateral end of said lead wall structure and being substantially aligned laterally of said molding shaft with said first side wall of said channel, having said first lead wall fastened against a first side of said sub-structural corner to said sub-structural corner while having said second lead wall against a second side of said sub-structural corner, and said finish material being in place substantially at said first and second lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure and said coves and against said sub-structural corner and concealing said sub-structural corner, said lead wall structure and said outside surfaces of said channel side walls, so as to have the interior of said channel exposed as trim between said first and second lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure.

33. The combination as set forth in claim 32, wherein a first flange providing one of said first and second lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure is disposed outside said channel in overlap with said finish material and is connected with said second side wall of said channel, and locally conceals said finish material while being forwardly revealed as trim.

34. The combination as set forth in claim 32, wherein said reveal wall structure further includes a ledge wall outside said channel and connected with said first side wall of said channel, with said finish material locally being longitudinally endwise against said ledge wall behind said ledge wall and said ledge wall being forwardly revealed as trim.

35. The combination as set forth in claim 34, wherein one of said first and second lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure is provided by a flange connected with said ledge wall, and said finish material extends between said ledge wall flange and said first side wall of said channel behind said ledge wall.

36. The combination as set forth in claim 35, wherein the other of said first and second lateral terminal ends of said reveal wall structure is provided by a flange outside said channel and connected with said second side wall of said channel.