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US 10,054,304 B2Granted
Trim product and methods of manufacturing
OwnerGregory A. Amundsoninventor
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Abstract
A flexible inside corner trim piece is formed with concave depressions at hinge portions where wings attach to the body. The trim piece can be formed such that wings and a top cap lay flat in plane perpendicular to body or wings and top cap curve at an angle. Hinge portions can be narrow or wide and symmetrical or asymmetrical. The trim piece can be dyed, paintable, or present another decorative surface. The trim piece can include embedded lighting.
Claims20
A method of making a trim piece, comprising:
- forming an indeterminate length of unitary structure from a flexible material, such that the unitary structure when viewed in cross section, includes:
- a body having an inwardly extending portion presenting a first side surface and a second side surface and comprising two outside portions including a first outside portion and a second outside portion;
- a first wing portion extending outwardly away from the first outside portion;
- a second wing portion extending outwardly away from the second outside portion;
- a first hinge portion between the first wing portion and the first outside portion, having a first cross section relatively thinner than the adjacent first wing portion and first outside portion, bounded by a surface having a radius of curvature that is 1.40 to 6 times a minimum thickness of the first hinge portion;
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- a second hinge portion between the second wing portion and the second outside portion, having a second cross section relatively thinner than the adjacent second wing portion and second outside portion, bounded by a surface having a radius of curvature that is 1.40 to 6 times a minimum thickness of the second hinge portion.
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A method of trimming, comprising:
- applying an indeterminate length of a flexible unitary structure to the inside corner;
- selecting the indeterminate length of the unitary structure, such that the unitary structure when viewed in cross section, includes:
- a body having an inwardly extending portion presenting a first side surface and a second side surface and comprising two outside portions including a first outside portion and a second outside portion;
- a first wing portion extending outwardly away from the first outside portion;
- a second wing portion extending outwardly away from the second outside portion;
- a first hinge portion between the first wing portion and the first outside portion, having a first cross section relatively thinner than the adjacent first wing portion and first outside portion, bounded by a surface having a radius of curvature that is 1.40 to 6 times a minimum thickness of the first hinge portion;
- a second hinge portion between the second wing portion and the second outside portion, having a second cross section relatively thinner than the adjacent second wing portion and second outside portion, bounded by a surface having a radius of curvature that is 1.40 to 6 times a minimum thickness of the second hinge portion;
- and bonding the indeterminate length of the unitary structure to an inside corner with an adhesive.
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A trim piece for finishing inside corners, comprising:
- an elongated unitary structure of indeterminate length which when viewed in cross section, includes;
- a central body;
- the body further presenting two outside portions including a first outside portion and a second outside portion;
- a first wing portion extending outwardly away from the first outside portion;
- a second wing portion extending outwardly away from the second outside portion;
- a first hinge portion between the first wing portion and the first outside portion having a first cross section relatively thinner than the adjacent first wing portion and first outside portion;
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- a second hinge portion between the second wing portion and the second outside portion having a second cross section relatively thinner than the adjacent second wing portion and second outside portion
- wherein the first hinge portion and the second hinge portion are bounded by a surface having a radius of curvature that is 1.40 to 6 times a minimum thickness of the first hinge portion and the second hinge portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.