Process for manufacturing an interlocking molding with sightline elimination flange for toilet and other partitions

A method for manufacturing an apparatus having a plurality of profile segments, the method comprising:

• providing an elongated strip of a metallic material having an initial, substantially flat profile to a device comprising a roll former comprising a plurality of dies in series, each of the plurality of dies being configured to modify a profile of the elongated strip;
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• modifying the profile of the elongated strip from the substantially flat profile to a profile comprising the plurality of profile segments separated by bends in the metallic material, by passing the elongated strip through the plurality of dies sequentially to define the profile, the profile segments formed during said modifying comprising:
• a first, planar segment corresponding to a first arm of the apparatus;
• a second, curved segment, adjacent to the first segment, and corresponding to a body portion of the apparatus;
• a third, planar segment, adjacent to the second segment, and corresponding to a first flange layer of a flange of the apparatus;
• a fourth, planar segment, adjacent to the third segment, and corresponding to a second flange layer of the flange of the apparatus;
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• a fifth, planar segment, adjacent to the fourth segment, and corresponding to a second arm of the apparatus;
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• wherein the apparatus comprises:
• the body portion;
• the first arm opposing an inner surface of the body portion and extending from a first edge of the body portion;
• the flange comprising the first flange layer extending in a first direction away from the body portion at a second edge of the body portion opposite the first edge of the body portion, the first direction being counter to a curvature of the body portion, and the second flange layer extending at a first edge from the first flange layer in a second direction opposite and parallel to the first direction;
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• the second arm extending from a second edge of the second flange layer and opposing the inner surface of the body portion, the second arm comprising an edge arranged opposite an edge of the first arm with a gap formed therebetween.