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.
Claims19
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) 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 crown molding (30).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.