US 5,212,923 AGranted

Prehung gauged cove base

OwnerLee J. Pelosi, Frank Pelosi, Jr.inventors

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Abstract

A prehung gauged cove base is adapted to be secured to a wall base and cooperates with the outer edges of a floor covering. The cove base of the invention has an upper portion which resembles an extruded vinyl straight cove base. Extending downwardly from the rear of said upper portion is a thin walled lower gauging portion. The bottom of the gauging portion is adapted to rest on the floor and to raise the lowermost part of the upper portion above the floor a distance substantially equal to the thickness of the floor covering whereby the edges of the floor covering can be tucked under the upper portion of the cove base. The forward end of the lowermost part of the upper portion is preferably pointed downwardly to better flex around and hold the floor covering. The gauging portion may have one or more continuous longitudinal grooves so that portions can be removed by stripping areas away in order to change the height of the gauge.

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Dependent claims

A cove base adapted to be secured to a wall base and to cooperate with the outer edges of a floor covering to give the same a finished look when installed, comprising an elongated substantially flat member having a height dimension of at least two and one-half inches which is substantially greater than the thickness thereof, said member having an upper portion and a lower gauging portion, the rear surface of said upper and lower portions being substantially continuous and being adapted to be affixed to said wall base, said upper portion having a finished front surface, substantially the entire area of said front surface being planar and lying in a single plane, said lower gauging portion having a height and thickness which are substantially less than the height and thickness of said upper portion, a transition zone including a bottom wall on said upper portion which tapers downwardly and forwardly toward said front planar surface, said bottom wall intersecting said front planar surface and forming a tip which points substantially downwardly.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.