Banding Bead

A banding bead attachable to a base structure for providing a guide and form for retaining plaster or other plastics thereagainst at two different heights, said banding bead comprising:

• an axially elongated base portion for stabilizing said banding bead, said base portion being attachable to said base structure;
• a generally planar, axially elongated support segment attached to and extending generally perpendicularly away from said base portion, said support segment having a first planar side, a second planar side, and a top screed portion attached to said support segment distal said base portion, said top screed portion providing a reference edge for an upper plane of plaster adapted to abut said first planar side;
• a primary foot protruding generally perpendicularly away from said support segment, said primary foot having a multiplicity of apertures formed therein, said apertures adapted to receive plastics material therein to integrate said banding bend into a finished wall structure;
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• a continuous, axially elongated intermediate screed lip attached to said second planar sade of said support segment between said top screed portion and said base portion, said screed lip protruding from said second planar side, said intermediate screed lip providing a reference edge for a lower plane of plaster adapted to abut said second planar side.

Amended) A banding bead attachable to a base structure for providing a guide and form for retaining plaster or other plastics thereagainst at two different heights, said banding bead comprising:

• an axially elongated base portion for stabilizing said banding bead
• a generally planar, axially elongated support segment attached to and extending generally perpendicularly away from said base portion, said support segment having a first planar side, a second planar side, and a top screed portion attached to said support segment distal said base portion, said top screed portion providing a reference edge for an upper plane of plaster adapted to abut said first planar side;
• said base portion including an axially elongated primary foot attached to said support segment, said primary foot extending away from said first planar side of said support
• an axially elongated secondary foot attached to and extending generally perpendicularly away from said second planar side of said support segment;
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• a continuous, axially elongated intermediate screed lip attached to said second planar side of said support segment between said top screed portion and said base portion, said screed lip protruding from said second planar side, said intermediate screed lip providing a reference edge for a lower plane of plaster adapted to abut said second planar side.

A banding bead attachable to a base structure for providing a guide and form for retaining plaster or other plastics thereagainst at two different heights, said banding bead comprising:

• an axially elongated base portion for stabilizing said banding bead, said base portion being attachable to a base structure;
• a generally planar, axially elongated support segment attached to and extending generally perpendicularly away from said base portion, said support segment having a first planar side, a second planar side, and a top screed portion attached to said support segment distal said base portion, said top screed portion providing a reference edge for an upper plane of plaster adapted to abut said first planar side;
• a continuous, axially elongated intermediate screed lip attached to said second planar side of said support segment between said top screed portion and said base portion, said screed lip protruding from said second planar side, said intermediate screed lip providing a reference edge for a lower plane of plaster adapted to abut said second planar side;
• and at least one protrusion on said banding bead extending from said first planar side for engaging and retaining plastics material in engagement with said banding bead.

A banding bead attachable to a base structure for providing a guide and form for retaining plaster or other plastics thereagainst at two different heights, said banding bead comprising:

• an axially elongated base portion for stabilizing said banding bead, said base portion being attachable to a base structure;
• a generally planar, axially elongated support segment attached to and extending generally perpendicularly away from said base portion, said support segment having a first planar side, a second planar side, and a top screed portion attached to said support segment distal said base portion, said top screed portion providing a reference edge for an upper plane of plaster adapted to abut said first planar side;
• said base portion includes an axially elongated primary foot attached said support segment, said primary foot protruding generally perpendicularly away from said support segment, at least one axially elongated ribbon said base portion for engaging and retaining plastic adapted to retain plastics material in engagement with said base portion, said at least one rib being angled toward said first planar side of said support segment;
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• a continuous, axially elongated intermediate screed lip attached to said second planar side of said support segment between said top screed portion and said base portion, said screed lip protruding from said second planar side, said intermediate screed lip providing a reference edge for a lower plane of plaster adapted to abut said second planar side.

A banding bead attachable to a base structure for providing a guide and form for retaining plaster or other plastics thereagainst at two different heights, said banding bead being formed of a folded sheet strip, said sheet strip having a first face and a second face, said first and second faces defining a first elongated edge and a second elongated edge, said banding bead comprising:

• an axially elongated base portion for attaching said banding bead to a base structure and stabilizing said banding bead;
• a generally planar, axially elongated support segment depending said base portion, said support segment having a first planar side, a second planar side, a top screed portion terminating in said first edge formed on said support segment distal said base portion, said top screed portion providing a reference edge for defining an upper plane of plaster adapted to abut said first planar side;
• an axially elongated intermediate screed lip proximate said second planar side of said support segment, said intermediate screed lip being positioned between said top screed portion and said base portion, said intermediate screed lip providing a reference edge for a lower plane of plaster adapted to abut said second planar side;
• at least one protrusion attached to said first planar side of said banding bead between said top screed portion and said base portion adapted to retain plastics material in engagement with said banding bead.

In combination, a banding bead attachable to a base structure, said base structure receiving a plaster material for forming a plaster surface, said banding bead providing a guide and form for retaining plaster or other plastics on said base structure at two different heights, said banding bead comprising:

• an axially elongated base portion for stabilizing said banding bead, said base portion being attachable to a base structure;
• a generally planar, axially elongated support segment attached to and extending generally perpendicularly away from said base portion, said support segment having a first planar side, a second planar side, and a top screed portion attached to said support segment distal said base portion, said top screed portion providing a reference edge for defining an upper plane of plaster abutting said first planar side, plaster being retained against said first planar side at a height generally equal to a dimension measured between said base structure and said top screed portion;
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• a continuous, axially elongated intermediate screed lip attached to said second planar side of said support segment between said top screed portion and said base portion, said screed lip protruding from said second planar side, said intermediate screed lip providing a reference edge defining a lower plane of plaster abutting said second planar side, plaster being retained against said second planar side at a height generally equal to a dimension measured between said base structure and said intermediate screed lip.