US 4,642,957 A · Interior wall trim system

Abstract

An interior wall partition trim assembly for providing a decorative trim at the junction of interior wall partitions with each other or with the ceiling or floor structure, comprising molded vinyl channel shaped cap members for placement along the intersection of a wall with a ceiling, at an inside corner, and an outside corner and the intersection of the walls with the floor surface. Integral molded junction members at the corners between inside and outside wall intersections with the floor and ceiling eliminate the requirement for cutting mitered joints between the trim members. Cap members are releasably secured in position by spaced apart retainer plates which are formed plastic members having a planar web portion and opposed standoff flanges which engage resiliently deflectable flanges of the cap members. The cap member flanges are formed with opposed reentrant edges to forcibly engage the standoff flanges of the retainer members to secure the cap members in assembly with the retainer members for securement to the mating portions of the respective cap members.

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Dependent claims

In a room partition wall trim cap assembly for trimming the junction between wall panels and ceiling, the combination of spaced apart cap trim retainer members, with vertical adjustment means;

corner cap junction members having cap portions extending at right angles to each other and including retainer part means on each cap portion, extending beyond said cap portions;
and elongated trim cap members having a planar web and opposed flanges engageable and disengageable with one or more of said retainer members and one of said retainer part means when said corner cap junction members and said retainer members are mounted on a wall adjacent a ceiling.

In a baseboard wall trim assembly for trimming the juncture between vertical partition walls and a floor, the combination of spaced apart baseboard retainer members;

at least one baseboard junction member;
and an elongated baseboard trim member all to be mounted on a wall adjacent a floor;
said retainer members having a wall contacting web portion with opposed standoff flanges and means for vertical adjustment;
said baseboard trim member includes a generally planar web portion with a generally arcuate upper flange portion terminating at a distal end, and a lower generally planar flange portion opposite said arcuate portion, and including spaced apart projections with opposed reentrant edges adapted to snap on and off said retainer members;
said baseboard junction member having opposed baseboard portions extending at right angles to each other and having generally the same cross sectional shape as the baseboard trim member and including retainer part means on each baseboard portion extending beyond said baseboard portion;
said baseboard trim member projections being engageable and disengageable with standoff flanges of one or more of said retainer members and one of said retainer part means when said baseboard junction member and said retainer members are mounted on a wall adjacent a floor.

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In a room partition wall trim cap assembly for trimming the junction between wall panel and ceiling, including trim for a vertical wall corner, the combination of spaced apart retainer members;

corner cap junction members having laterally extending cap portions extending at right angles to each other and including first retainer part means on each cap portion extending beyond said cap portions;
elongated trim cap members having a planar web and opposed flanges engageable and disengageable with one or more retainer members and one of said first retainer part means to trim a wall to ceiling joint;
said corner cap junction member also including an integral vertically depending corner cap portion extending normal to said cap portions of said corner cap member, having a similar cross section and a lower edge, and including a second retainer part means extending beyond said depending cap portion, said second retainer part having opposed right angle web portions adapted to fit a wall corner, each having a standoff flange;
an elongated retainer plate having right angle planar webs adapted to fit said wall corner and having standoff flanges, said second retainer part and said retainer plate having the same cross section;
and an elongate corner cap member having right angle planar webs with opposed flanges adapted to snap on or off the standoff flanges of the retainer plate and the second retainer part means and to cover them, when the corner cap junction member and retainer plate are assembled adjacently at said wall corner and mounted thereto, to trim said vertical wall corner.

2 more elements

In a room partition wall trim assembly for trimming the junction between wall panels and ceiling, and the junction between wall panels and floor, the combination of spaced apart cap trim retainer members, with vertical adjustment means;

corner cap junction members having cap portions extending at right angles to each other and including retainer part means on each cap portion extending beyond said cap portions;
and elongated trim cap members having a planar web and opposed flanges engageable and disengageable with one or more of said retainer members and one of said retainer part means when said corner cap junction members and said retainer members are mounted on a wall adjacent a ceiling;
spaced apart baseboard retainer members;
at least one baseboard junction member;
and an elongated baseboard trim member, all to be mounted on a wall adjacent a floor;
said retainer members having a wall contacting web portion with opposed standoff flanges and means for vertical adjustment;
said baseboard trim member includes a generally planar web portion with a genrally arcuate upper flange portion terminating at a distal end, and a lower generally planar flange portion opposite said arcuate portion, and including spaced apart projections with opposed reentrant edges adapted to snap on and off said baseboard retainer members;
said baseboard junction member having opposed baseboard portions extending at right angles to each other and having generally the same cross sectional shape as the baseboard trim member and including retainer part means on each baseboard portion extending beyond said baseboard portion;
said baseboard trim member projections being engageable and disengageable with standoff flanges of one or more of said baseboard retainer members and one of said retainer part means when said baseboard junction member and said baseboard retainer members are mounted on a wall adjacent a floor.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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