Construction elements
OwnerDonald Kew Wooinventor
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Abstract
A construction element is provided for forming a corner of a surface of a building, the surface including wall panels attached to framing studs. The construction element includes: a corner-forming surface that that is shaped to extend, in a cross-sectional view, between two separate wall panels, such that ends of the corner-forming surface, as viewed in the cross-sectional view, substantially match respective corners of the wall panels; and a fastener strip that, in a state in which the corner-forming surface is in its installed position with respect to the framing studs, is substantially parallel to one or more of the framing studs, such that a fastener can attach the fastener strip to one or more of the studs without passing through the wall panel.
Claims19
A construction element for forming a corner at which two building surfaces join, the surfaces comprising wall panels attached to framing studs, the construction element comprising:
- a body including:
- an outer corner-forming surface that is shaped to extend, in a cross-sectional view, between two separate wall panels, such that ends of the outer corner-forming surface, as viewed in the cross-sectional view, substantially match respective corners of the wall panels, the outer corner-forming surface being curved and having a constant radius over a majority of a length of the outer corner-forming surface;
- a stud attachment surface that is connected to the outer corner-forming surface;
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- an inner corner-forming surface that is connected to the stud attachment surface,
- wherein the body is shaped to form a corner between two intersecting wall surfaces, and is configured to attach to studs of respective walls such that no stud of one wall that is part of the corner connects directly to a stud of another wall that is part of the corner, and as viewed in the cross-sectional view, a minimum distance between the outer corner-forming surface and the inner corner-forming surface is less than a length of the stud attachment surface.
A method of using a construction element to form a corner at which two building surfaces join, the surfaces being surfaces of wall panels attached to framing studs, the construction element comprising a body including:
- an outer corner-forming surface that is shaped to extend, in a cross-sectional view, between two separate wall panels, such that ends of the outer corner-forming surface, as viewed in the cross-sectional view, substantially match respective corners of the wall panels;
- a stud attachment surface that is connected to the outer corner-forming surface;
- and
- an inner corner-forming surface that is connected to the stud attachment surface,
- wherein the body is shaped to form a corner between two intersecting wall surfaces, and is configured to attach to studs of respective walls such that no stud of one wall that is part of the corner connects directly to a stud of another wall that is part of the corner, and
- as viewed in the cross-sectional view, a minimum distance between the outer corner-forming surface and the inner corner-forming surface is less than a length of the stud attachment surface, the method comprising:
- attaching the stud attachment surface of the construction element to an attachment surface of one of the framing studs, the stud attachment surface being longer, as viewed in the cross-sectional view, than the attachment surface of the one of the framing studs;
- and after attaching the construction element to the framing studs, attaching the wall panels to the studs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.