Cover for lintels or angle irons
AssigneeRoyal Building Supplies Ltd
InventorFrank Grande
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a lintel or angle iron cover, and specifically a cover for an L-shaped lintel having a rise portion and a run portion. The cover is also L-shaped and is a continuous wall made up of an upper wall joined to a top wall which is joined to a side wall. The side wall is also joined to a bottom wall which is joined to a back wall. Further, the upper wall is at least as high as the rise portion of the lintel. The top wall and bottom wall form a U-shaped opening closed by the side wall, and the U-shaped opening is the size of the run portion. Whereas the back wall forms a lip at the end of the bottom wall.
Claims20
A flexible cover for a substantially L-shaped lintel having a rise portion and a run portion, said cover being a substantially L-shaped continuous wall comprised of
- an upper wall joined to a top wall joined to a side wall joined to a bottom wall joined to a back wall, wherein the upper wall is at least as high as the rise portion of the lintel, the top wall and bottom wall form a U-shaped opening closed by the side wall, which opening is the size of the run portion, and the back wall forms a lip at the end of the bottom wall,
- wherein the back wall and side wall are substantially parallel, and the distance between the top wall and bottom wall is greater at the side wall than at the back wall such that the top wall and bottom wall are not parallel to one another, and wherein the top wall of the flexible cover holds the cover in place when installed on the substantially L-shaped lintel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.