Wall trimming element with corner protector

• US 9,303,413 B2
• Filed: 03/11/2014
• Issued: 04/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Trim-Tex Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Trim-Tex Incorporated
• Inventors: Koenig, Joseph M. Jr., Budzik, Mark, Jaworecki, Adam, Perez, Noe
• Primary Examiner(s): FERENCE, JAMES M
• Application Number:
  US14/204,323
• Publication Number:
  US 20150259929A1
• Time in Patent Office: 756 Days
• Field of Search: 522/871, 522/881, 522/54, 522/55, 522/56, 524/17, 522/11, 527/161
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 19/022 for use at vertical intersections of walls E04F19/028 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 19/028 used at protruding corners
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 2013/063 for corners

Abstract

A wall trimming element for positioning at an angled section of a wall includes a base portion and a bead. The base portion includes a first flange, a second flange, and a mounting portion positioned between and connecting the first flange and the second flange. The mounting portion includes a longitudinally extending first bend forming a first segment at one side of the first bend and a second segment at another side of the first bend. The first segment is angled relative to the second segment. The mounting portion also includes a first ridge and a second ridge, spaced from the first ridge. The bead is positioned on the mounting portion between the first ridge and the second ridge. The bead includes a second bend that is configured to be positioned over the first bend of the mounting portion.

Claims

1. A wall trimming element for positioning at an angled section of a wall, the wall trimming element comprising:

a base portion comprising;

a first flange and a second flange, each of the first flange and the second flange having a flange interior surface and a flange exterior surface;

a mounting portion positioned between and connecting the first flange and the second flange, the mounting portion having a mounting portion interior surface and a mounting portion exterior surface and a longitudinally extending first bend forming a first segment of the mounting portion at one side of the first bend and a second segment of the mounting portion at another side of the first bend, the first segment angled relative to the second segment by a first angle at the first bend; and

a first ridge at a boundary of the first flange and the first segment projecting outwardly relative to the first flange and the first segment and a second ridge at a boundary of the second flange and the second segment projecting outwardly relative to the second flange and the second segment; and

a bead positioned on the mounting portion between the first ridge and the second ridge, the bead including a second bend corresponding to the first bend of the mounting portion such that the second bend of the bead is positioned over the first bend of the mounting portion,

wherein the bead includes a bead interior surface and bead exterior surface, and a first leg extends from the bead interior surface at one end of the bead and a second leg extends from the bead interior surface at an opposite end of the bead, the bead interior surface, the mounting portion exterior surface, the first leg and the second leg forming a periphery around a single space.

2. The wall trimming element of claim 1 wherein the first ridge and the second ridge project from the mounting portion exterior surface.

3. The wall trimming element of claim 1, wherein the first segment of the mounting portion is connected to the first flange and the second segment of the mounting portion. is connected to the second flange.

4. The wall trimming element of claim 1, wherein the first segment is integrally connected to the first flange, and the first segment and first flange extend in a first direction, and the second segment is integrally connected to the second flange, and the second segment and second flange extend in a second direction.

5. The wall trimming element of claim 1, wherein the first segment is angled relative to the second segment between 70 degrees and 150 degrees.

6. The wail trimming of element of claim 5, wherein the first segment is angled relative the second segment 90 degrees.

7. The wall trimming element of claim 1, wherein the first bend is an angle.

8. The wall trimming element of claim 1, wherein the first bend is a curved section.

9. The wall trimming element of claim 1, wherein the first ridge extends from the first segment and the second ridge extends from the second segment.

10. The wall trimming element of claim 1, wherein the first flange and the second flange include a plurality of openings extending through a thickness of each flange from the flange interior side to the flange exterior side.

11. The wall trimming element of claim 1, wherein the flange interior surface of the first flange and the second flange includes a first plurality of ribs projecting therefrom.

12. The wait trimming element of claim 1, wherein the bead exterior surface is flush with a free end of the first ridge and a free end of the second ridge.

13. The wall trimming element of claim 1, wherein a height of the bead exterior surface from the mounting portion is greater than a height of the free end of the first ridge and a height of the free end of the second ridge from the mounting portion.

14. The wall trimming element of claim 1, wherein the bead is secured to the mounting portion with an adhesive received in the space.

15. The wall trimming element of claim 1, wherein the second bend is rounded at the bead exterior surface.

16. The wall trimming element of claim 1 wherein a first bead segment is formed at one side of the second bend and a second bead segment is formed at another side of the second bend, wherein the first bead segment is generally parallel to the first segment of the mounting portion and the second bead segment is generally parallel to the second segment of the mounting portion.

17. The wall trimming element of claim 1, wherein the first flange is coplanar with the first segment and the second flange is coplanar with the second segment.

18. A wall trimming element for positioning at an angled. section of a wall, the wall trimming element comprising a one-piece base portion and a bead, the one-piece base portion comprising:

a first flange and a second flange, each of the first flange and the second flange having a flange interior surface and a flange exterior surface;

a mounting portion positioned between and formed continuously with the first flange and the second flange, the mounting portion having a mounting portion interior surface and a mounting portion exterior surface and a longitudinally extending first bend forming a first segment of the mounting portion at one side of the first bend and a second segment of the mounting portion at another side of the first bend, the first segment angled relative to the second segment by a first angle at the first bend;

a first ridge formed continuously with and defining a boundary between the first segment and the first flange, the first ridge projecting outwardly relative to the first segment and the first flange;

a second ridge formed continuously with and defining a boundary between the second segment and the second flange, the second ridge projecting outwardly relative to the second segment and the second flange; and

the bead comprising a longitudinally extending second bend, a first bead segment extending from one side of the second bend and a second bead segment extending from another side of the second bend, wherein the bead is configured to fit over the mounting portion exterior surface and be positioned between the first ridge and the second ridge,

wherein the first segment of the mounting portion extends as a first planar surface from the first bend to the first ridge on the mounting portion exterior surface and the second segment of the mounting portion extends as a second planar surface from the first bend to the second ridge on the mounting portion exterior surface.