Countertop sealing system

A molding system for covering the joints formed between a horizontal surface, such as the top surface of a counter, and adjacent vertical surfaces, such as wall surfaces, the horizontal and vertical surfaces being substantially mutually perpendicular and forming two longitudinal joints, one vertical joint and a corner at the intersection of the joints, said molding system comprising:

• plural molding strips for covering the longitudinal joints, respectively, each molding strip having an L-shape formed by a pair of integrally joined legs, said legs having respective outside surfaces together forming a gradually curved, generally concave front face of said strip and respective inside surfaces which are generally planar and substantially perpendicular;
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• a corner piece comprising a pair of generally curved walls extending generally at right angles with respect to one another, each said wall having an outer end portion recessed at its inner side to form cover flange means from overlapping an adjacent end of a respective one of said molding strips, said cover flange means being of substantially uniform thickness and substantially conforming to the outside contour of said molding strip.

In an end cap for closing an end of a generally L-shape molding strip, said end cap including generally L-shaped flange means for overlapping a portion of an outside face of the molding strip at an end of the molding strip, a generally L-shaped end wall extending from said L-shaped flange means, said end wall having generally perpendicular edges for abutting respective ones of mutually perpendicular surfaces, and a pair of fingers extending perpendicularly to said end wall and from respective said edges of said end wall for engaging inside surfaces of the molding strip, the improvement comprising a web extending between and integrally joining together said fingers to form an L-shaped tongue insertable between the molding strip and the mutually perpendicular surfaces.

A molding strip for covering the joint formed between a horizontal surface, such as the top surface of a counter, and an adjacent vertical surface, such as a wall surface, in combination with an end cap for closing an end of said molding strip,

• said molding strip having an L-shape formed by a pair of integrally joined legs, said legs having respective outside surfaces together forming a gradually curved, generally concave front face of said strip and respective inside surfaces which are generally planar and substantially perpendicular;
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• said end cap including generally L-shaped flange means for overlapping a portion of said front face of said molding strip at an end of said molding strip, a generally L-shaped end wall extending from said L-shaped flange means sid end wall having generally perpendicular edges for abutting respective ones of the horizontal and vertical surfaces, a pair of fingers extending perpendicularly to said end wall and from respective said edges of said end wall for engaging said inside surfaces of said molding strip, and a web extending between and integrally joining together said fingers to form an L-shaped tongue insertable between said molding strip and the horizontal and vertical surfaces.

A molding strip for covering the joint formed between a horizontal surface, such as the top surface of a counter, and an adjacent vertical surface, such as a wall surface, in combination with another said molding strip and a joiner piece for covering a gap between adjacent ends of said molding strips when installed in line with one another, each said molding strip having an L-shape formed by a pair of integrally joined legs, said legs having respective outside surfaces together forming a gradually curved, generally concave front face of said strip and respective inside surfaces which are generally planar and substantially perpendicular;

• and said joiner piece including a front wall and a rearwardly extending divider wall means for positioning between said adjacent ends, said divider wall means dividing said front wall into a pair of oppositely extending cover flange means for overlapping respective end portions of said molding strips.