# US 2022/0205250 A1 · Casing bead apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0205250 A1 - Document ID: US20220205250A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/645,759 - Filed: 2021-12-23 - Published: 2022-06-30 - Earliest claimed: 2020-12-28 - Assignees: Alabama Metal Industries Corporation - Applicants: Alabama Metal Industries Corporation - Inventors: Gary George Baltz, JR. - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220205250A1 ## CPC - E04F 13/06: Edge-protecting borders {(borders for joints between plaster layers and window or door frames or like E06B1/62)} - E06B 1/68: by profiled external parts - E04F 19/022: {for use at vertical intersections of walls (E04F19/028 takes precedence)} - E04F 19/0436: {between ceiling and wall} - E04F 19/0486: {Corner filling pieces} - E04F 19/061: {used to finish off an edge or corner of a wall or floor covering area (in connection with floor fabrics A47G27/045; sealings between walls and baths A47K3/008)} - E04F 2013/063: {for corners} - E06B 1/62: Tightening or covering joints between the border of openings and the frame {or between contiguous frames}(E06B1/34 takes precedence) - E06B 2001/624: {with parts to be embedded in the stucco layer or otherwise linked to this layer} - E04F: FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS (windows, doors E06B) - E06B: FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES (shades or blinds for greenhouses A01G9/22; curtains A47H; lids for car boots or bonnets B62D25/10; skylights E04B7/18; sunshades, awnings E04F10/00) ## Abstract A casing bead apparatus includes a base panel with at least one opening through the base panel. With the apparatus mounted at a vertical wall, the base panel is disposed along the vertical wall. A stop bead wall extends from the base panel. The stop bead wall includes a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a flange at a distal end of the stop bead wall distal from the base panel and extending partially over the base panel. A spacing element is disposed at the second side of the stop bead wall. An adhesive element is disposed at the spacing element. With the apparatus mounted at the vertical wall, the adhesive element engages a horizontal surface perpendicular to the vertical wall to adhesively attach the apparatus at the horizontal surface and the spacing element is disposed between the stop bead wall and the horizontal surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A casing bead apparatus configured for mounting at a vertical wall structure, the casing bead apparatus comprising: a base panel comprising at least one opening through the base panel, wherein with the casing bead apparatus mounted at a vertical wall structure, the base panel is disposed along the vertical wall structure; a stop bead wall extending from the base panel, wherein the stop bead wall comprises a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a flange at a distal end of the stop bead wall distal from the base panel and extending partially over the base panel; a spacing element disposed at the second side of the stop bead wall; and an adhesive element disposed at the spacing element; wherein, with the casing bead apparatus mounted at the vertical wall structure, the adhesive element engages a horizontal surface perpendicular to the vertical wall structure to adhesively attach the casing bead apparatus at the horizontal surface; and wherein, with the casing bead apparatus attached at the horizontal surface, the spacing element is disposed between the stop bead wall and the horizontal surface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The casing bead apparatus of claim 1, wherein the spacing element comprises a surface of the stop bead wall at the second side of the stop bead wall. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The casing bead apparatus of claim 1, wherein the spacing element comprises a surface spaced from the second side of the stop bead wall by a pair of side walls of the spacing element. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The casing bead apparatus of claim 3, wherein the pair of side walls of the spacing element comprises a first side wall at the second side of the stop bead wall and a second side wall at the second side of the stop bead wall and spaced from the first side wall, and wherein the first side wall comprises a first thickness and the second side wall comprises a second thickness different from the first thickness. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The casing bead apparatus of claim 4, wherein the second thickness is less than the first thickness so that when the spacing element is compressed, the spacing element flexes at the second side wall. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The casing bead apparatus of claim 3, wherein the surface of the spacing element comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) a concave surface, (ii) a convex surface, and (iii) a flat surface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The casing bead apparatus of claim 6, wherein the surface of the spacing element comprises the convex surface, and wherein the convex surface comprises a partially convex surface comprising a central convex bulb portion and first and second lateral flat surface portions. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The casing bead apparatus of claim 7, wherein the pair of side walls of the spacing element comprises a first side wall extending from the first lateral flat surface portion of the partially convex surface and a second side wall extending from the second lateral flat surface portion of the partially convex surface. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The casing bead apparatus of claim 3, wherein the adhesive element comprises double sided tape disposed at the surface of the spacing member. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The casing bead apparatus of claim 1, wherein the flange extends partially over a first side of the base panel and further comprising a second adhesive element disposed at a second side of the base panel opposite the first side of the base panel. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The casing bead apparatus of claim 10, wherein the stop bead wall extends from the base panel at a first end of the base panel, and wherein the second adhesive element is disposed at the second side of the base panel at a proximal portion of the base panel proximal to the first end. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The casing bead apparatus of claim 10, wherein the stop bead wall extends from the base panel at a first end of the base panel, and wherein the second adhesive element is disposed at the second side of the base panel at a distal portion of the base panel distal from the first end. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The casing bead apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second side of the stop bead wall comprises a colored portion having a selected color that is different from a color of the first side of the stop bead wall, and wherein the colored portion is co-extruded with the stop bead wall. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The casing bead apparatus of claim 1, wherein, when the adhesive element engages the horizontal surface, the adhesive element at least partially conforms to the horizontal surface. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The casing bead apparatus of claim 1, comprising a stop bead flange extending from the flange of the stop bead wall, the stop bead flange extending along the stop bead wall and spaced from the stop bead wall, wherein a terminal end of the stop bead flange distal from the flange of the stop bead wall is spaced from the base panel. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The casing bead apparatus of claim 15, wherein the stop bead flange, the stop bead wall, and the flange of the stop bead wall cooperate to define a three-sided ventilation cavity of the casing bead apparatus. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The casing bead apparatus of claim 15, wherein a ventilation opening is formed through the stop bead flange. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The casing bead apparatus of claim 15, wherein at least one stop bead sub-flange extends from the stop bead flange over the base panel and in a direction away from the stop bead wall. ### Claim 19 A casing bead apparatus configured for mounting at a vertical wall structure, the casing bead apparatus comprising: an attachment flange comprising a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein, with the casing bead apparatus mounted at a vertical wall structure, the second side of the attachment flange is disposed at a backing wall of the vertical wall structure; wherein the attachment flange comprises at least one aperture formed therethrough; a bead wall extending from the first side of the attachment flange and substantially perpendicular to the attachment flange, the bead wall comprising a ventilation flange at a distal end of the bead wall distal from the attachment flange; a stop bead wall extending from the ventilation flange along the bead wall and spaced from the bead wall, wherein a terminal end of the stop bead wall distal from the ventilation flange is spaced from the attachment flange; and wherein at least one ventilation opening is formed through the stop bead wall. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The casing bead apparatus of claim 19, wherein the stop bead wall comprises at least one stop bead wall sub-flange extending from the stop bead wall over the attachment flange and in a direction away from the bead wall. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The casing bead apparatus of claim 20, wherein the at least one ventilation opening is formed through the stop bead wall at a position along the stop bead wall between the ventilation flange and the at least one stop bead wall sub-flange. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The casing bead apparatus of claim 20, wherein the at least one stop bead wall sub-flange comprises (i) a first stop bead wall sub-flange extending from the stop bead wall at the terminal end of the stop bead wall and (ii) a second stop bead wall sub-flange extending from the stop bead wall at a position along the stop bead wall between the terminal end of the stop bead wall and the ventilation flange. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The casing bead apparatus of claim 22, wherein the at least one ventilation opening is formed through the stop bead wall at a position along the stop bead wall between the second stop bead wall sub-flange and the ventilation flange. ### Claim 24 (depends on 19) The casing bead apparatus of claim 19, wherein the stop bead wall, the bead wall, and the ventilation flange cooperate to define a three-sided ventilation cavity of the casing bead apparatus. ### Claim 25 (depends on 19) The casing bead apparatus of claim 19, comprising a spacing member at an upper surface of the casing bead apparatus so that, with the casing bead apparatus mounted at an upper edge region of the vertical wall structure, the spacing member is disposed against a horizontal surface above the vertical wall structure. ### Claim 26 (depends on 19) The casing bead apparatus of claim 19, wherein an alignment member extends along a length of the casing bead from one selected from the group consisting of (i) the bead wall, (ii) the ventilation flange, or (iii) the stop bead wall, and is configured to engage a connector corresponding to the casing bead apparatus.