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Corner post for a building

  • US 4,827,683 A
  • Filed: 07/18/1988
  • Issued: 05/09/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/18/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A corner post for a building comprising a pair of elongated members adapted to engage each other in angular relationship at the corner of a building, each of said members having, respectively, a pair of side edges, a front face adapted to be exposed to view and a rear face adapted to abut sub-structure at the corner of a building, a first side edge of one member being adapted to abut the rear face of the other member adjacent a first side edge of said other member, each of said members having at least one longitudinally extending decorative ridge on its front face, said ridges being similar in appearance, the ridge on said one of said members lying along the first side edge thereof, said ridge having a part thereof integral with the front face of said member and a part thereof extending from said first side edge of said one member to define with said first side edge a rearwardly facing flange having an inner face adapted to overlie and engage said first side edge of said other member, the ridge on the other of said members being located in substantially the same position with respect to the first side edge of said other member as the ridge on the first member is positioned relative to the front face of said other member when said members are in abutment with each other whereby the line of abutment of said one member with the other is covered by the extending part of the ridge on said one member, and the ridges on the respective members present the appearance of being symmetrically positioned on the front faces of the respective members relative to the corner of a building when said members are installed in their positions of use defining a corner post for said building.

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