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US 4,731,960 AGranted
Molding strip assembly with reveal and shelving system for use in constructing flexible wall coverings
OwnerR. Gregg Seaseinventor
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A molding strip assembly is provided for use in covering a support surface with a flexible material and is particularly adapted for retaining facing interior marginal edges of a pair of material panels within the interior of a framework which surrounds the area to be covered on the support surface. The molding strip assembly has a base wall to be positioned adjacent the support surface and first and second raised support walls along opposite lateral sides of the base wall. The support walls are oriented and supported in spaced relation above the support surface. Preferably, first and second interior side walls extend between the base wall and the first and second raised support walls, respectively, to define a U-shaped channel region; first and second outer side walls extend downwardly from the first and second raised support walls, respectively, and terminate in outwardly turned attachment flanges for securing the strip to the support surface. The first and second interior side walls are each separated into upper and lower portions, and a pair of resiliently biased clamping walls are formed between each upper and lower portion so that the marginal edge of each flexible panel may be trained over a respective support wall and forced between the respective pair of clamping walls to be retained by the molding strip. A reveal element may then be lockably inserted to close the U-shaped channel. Special reveal elements and bracket assemblies may also be employed to attach shelving to the molding strip and, thus, the support surface.
A molding strip assembly adapted to secure flexible sheets of material to a support surface to which the molding strip is attached, comprising:
In a surface covering system wherein a framework of outer molding strips are used to create a framework around an area on the surface to be covered, said outer molding strips operative to secure, at the perimeter of the area, perimeter marginal edges of a flexible covering extending across said area, said flexible covering having several sections at least some of which have facing interior marginal edges unsecured by said outer molding strips, the improvement comprising an inner molding strip secureable to said surface within said area and having a base wall adjacent said surface, first and second raised support walls operatively connected to said base wall and positioned in spaced relation to said surface, said first raised support wall being on one lateral side of said base wall and said second raised support wall being on the other lateral side of said base wall, said first raised support wall having a first edge facing a second edge on said second raised support wall, a first interior side wall extending between said first raised support wall and said base wall, a second interior side wall extending between said second raised support wall and said base wall and spaced-apart from said first side wall, said base wall and said first and second side walls defining an open U-shaped channel having an opening between said first and second edges, first material retaining means associated with said first interior side wall for receiving said retaining one of said interior facing marginal edges of a first one of said sections, and second material retaining means associated with said second interior side wall for receiving and retaining another of said interior facing marginal edges;
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