Corner fillets
AssigneeJohn Barry Potter
InventorKen Smith
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Abstract
This invention relates to corner fillet by which is meant members which are adapted to lie across and occupy corners of for example rooms where a floor joins a wall or a skirting board attached to the wall, the corner fillet being used to screen or conceal the edge of the carpet laid on the floor, or to properly finish off the floor/wall joint so as to enhance its appearance. A corner fillet according to the invention is also usable as a glazing strip in place of the conventional glazing systems using putty or beading. Other uses of a corner fillet according to the invention will become apparent from the following description.
Claims12
A corner fillet composed of an elongated one-piece member that consists of a mid section and one end section on each side of the mid section, said end sections being joined to said mid section by two spaced apart hinge means that are parallel to each other and parallel to the longitudinal axis of said elongated one-piece member, said end sections being adapted to fold toward each other along said hinge lines so as to interengage along a line that is adjacent to the longitudinal outer side edges of said end sections to thereby form a corner fillet.
A corner fillet comprising an elongated one-piece member
- that consists of a mid section and one end section on each side of the mid section, said end sections being joined to said mid section by two spaced apart hinge means that are parallel to each other and parallel to the longitudinal axis of said elongated one-piece member,
- the first of said end sections and said mid section being disposed at approximately right angles to each other,
- the second of said end sections extending in a concave disposition between its line of hinge connection with said mid section and an elongated ridge extending along the outer edge of said first end section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.