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US 12,018,782 B2Granted
System and method for securing power and communications cables and associated hardware within crown molding
OwnerJeremy P. Hoffmaninventor
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Abstract
A system for crown molding that enables safely incorporating electrical and communications cabling within crown molding by creating one or more protected paths which inherently prevent overly sharp bends in crown molding corners and by mitigating damage from penetrating punctures through a decorated face designed to fracture when improperly penetrated by a screw or nail, and enables the secure installation of hardware either concealed within the molding or securely and favorably positioned through the decorative face to view or sense a room, and enables additional cable capacity that is concealed within a light reflector to increase lighting efficacy as well as power and data delivery capacity.
Claims20
A molding (30) comprising:
- a rear section having a wall attachment portion;
- a front section connected to the rear section, said front section having a decorative face (32) including an outer side surface and an opposing inner side surface;
- a first compartment (33) formed within the molding (30) below a cross member and between the rear section and the front section configured for receiving one or more electrical cables in the first compartment (33);
- a second compartment (36) formed within the moulding (30) on the inner side surface of the decorative face (32) at a segregated location from the first compartment (33) configured for receiving communications cabling in the second compartment (36), the second compartment (36) including a lower wall and an upper wall spaced apart from the lower wall extending away from the inner side surface of the decorative face (32) towards the rear section;
- an electrical equipment mounting area (54) located on the decorative face (32) at a position between the first compartment (33) and second compartment (36), wherein the inner and outer side walls of the decorative face (32) in the electrical equipment mounting area (54) are flat and parallel and are configured for securing at least one electrical device to the decorative face (32);
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- a system for mounting electrical hardware (75) within the molding (30).
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A molding (30) comprising:
- a rear section having a wall attachment portion (51);
- a front section connected to the rear section, said front section having a decorative face (32) including an outer side wall and an opposing inner side wall;
- a first compartment (33) formed within the molding (30) between the rear section and the front section configured for receiving one or more electrical cables in the first compartment (33);
- a second compartment (36) formed within the molding (30) at a segregated location from the first compartment (33) configured for receiving communications cabling in the second compartment (36);
- the decorative face (32) having an area (54) positioned between the first compartment (33) and second compartment (36) configured for securing at least one electrical device to the decorative face (32);
- a longitudinally extending support structure (39) connected extending orthogonally from the inner side wall of the decorative face (32) having a location for mounting a linear light source, wherein light emitted from the linear light source is directed upwardly and
- a system for mounting electrical hardware (75) within the molding (30).
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A molding (30) comprising:
- a rear section having a wall attachment portion (51);
- a front section connected to the rear section at a lower end (46) of the rear section, said front section having a decorative face (32) including an outer side wall and an opposing inner side wall;
- a first compartment (33) formed within the molding (30) between the rear section and the front section configured for receiving one or more electrical cables in the first compartment (33);
- a second compartment (36) formed within the molding (30) at a segregated location from the first compartment (33) configured for receiving communications cabling in the second compartment (36);
- the decorative face (32) having an area (54) positioned between the first compartment (33) and second compartment (36) configured for securing at least one electrical device to the decorative face (32);
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- a system for mounting electrical hardware (75) within the molding (30);
- wherein the wall attachment portion (51) is adjacent an upper end of the rear section, and additionally comprising a bulkhead (50) attached to the rear section at an intermediate position between the attachment portion (51) and lower end (46), the bulkhead (50) defining another wall attachment location for the molding.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.