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US 2004/0069447 A1Published application
Baseboard and molding system
AssigneeWilliam Friedlich
InventorWilliam Friedlich
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Abstract
A baseboard system includes baseboard units through which conduits extend carrying heated fluids, and moldings about the free ends of the baseboards, to provide a generally uniform external surface configuration. The moldings are in the nature of conventional moldings made of wood, pressed wood, plastic or the like. The use of the moldings with the baseboards provides an efficient, cost-effective system that produces a uniform appearance and facilitates cleaning.
Claims23
A baseboard system comprising a convection baseboard unit to be arranged along a wall proximate to a floor of an enclosure to be heated;
- heating means within said baseboard unit, said baseboard unit defining a predetermined external surface configuration including vertically spaced openings to allow ambient air to flow into and heated air to flow out of said baseboard unit and having a predetermined width defined by two opposing lateral ends;
- and moldings abutting at least one lateral end of said baseboard unit and having an external surface configuration substantially corresponding to said external surface configuration of said baseboard unit, whereby abutment of said moldings against at least one lateral end of said baseboard unit substantially continues the external surface configuration of said baseboard unit beyond the lateral end thereof to effectively provide a continuous member having a substantially continuous external surface configuration having the appearance of said baseboard and molding extending along at least a portion of a wall of the enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.