Corner assembly for a modular wall overlay system
AssigneeRAYVA International LLC
InventorsPaul Stary, Theodore Kalomirakis
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Abstract
A corner hardware kit for completing a frame corner that is defined by a first frame element and a second frame element includes a corner bracket having a first portion for attachment to the first frame element and a second portion for attachment to the second frame element. The corner bracket has an upstanding foot that protrudes rearwardly therefrom and carries a coupling member at a distal end thereof. The kit also includes an elastic corner insert that has a curved outer surface and has a pair of first coupling elements for mating to a pair of second coupling elements that are associated with the first and second frame elements to complete the corner of the frame.
Claims19
A corner hardware kit for completing a frame corner that is defined by a first frame element and a second frame element comprising:
- a corner bracket having a first portion for attachment to the first frame element and a second portion for attachment to the second frame element, the corner bracket having an upstanding foot that protrudes rearwardly therefrom and carries a coupling member at a distal end thereof, wherein the corner bracket is defined by a first side wall and a second side wall that meet in a first corner of the corner bracket, and
- an elastic corner insert that has a curved outer surface and has a pair of first coupling elements for mating to a pair of second coupling elements that are associated with the first and second frame elements to complete the corner of the frame;
- wherein the elastic corner insert is configured to be inserted in a gap between entire first ends of the first frame element and the second frame element and the elastic corner insert abuts the first corner of the corner bracket.
A method for completing a corner of a frame of a modular wall overlay system that is defined by a first frame element and a second frame element comprising the steps of:
- attaching a corner bracket to both the first frame element and the second frame element, the corner bracket having an upstanding foot that protrudes rearwardly therefrom and carries a coupling member at a distal end thereof for detachably coupling the frame to a support surface, the corner bracket being defined by a first side wall and a second side wall that meet in a first corner of the corner bracket, wherein first ends of the first frame element and the second frame element are proximate to one another but are not in direct contact with one another resulting in a gap being formed between the first ends of the first frame element and the second frame element and an outer corner of the corner bracket;
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- inserting an elastic corner insert into the gap such that the elastic corner insert abuts the first corner of the corner bracket and is coupled to the first ends of the first frame element and the second frame element and completes the corner of the frame.
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