Interlocking tile edge for countertops

A modular countertop comprising:

• a base structure having a fixed top member with a front edge:
• a flat sheet material having a top surface and a front edge aligned with the front edge of the top member the sheet material attached to the top member of the base structure and formed of a first material which is essentially impervious to moisture penetration, impact and scratching;
• supporting means for connecting to the base structure, the supporting means comprising a molding having a horizontally aligned top face, a vertically aligned outside face and an inside surface joined to the front edge of the top member of the base structure;
• the top face of the molding being recessed below the top surface of the sheet material a distance substantially equal to a thickness of the top portion of the edge members, a top surface of the top portion of the edge member thereby mounted substantially flush with the top surface of the sheet material;
• multiple preformed substantially "V-shaped" edge members connected to the supporting means and formed of a second material, each edge member including a top portion having a front face aligned with the front edges of the top member and the sheet material, a front portion and side faces;
• and sealing means for sealing between the side faces of adjacent edge members and between the front face of each edge member and the front edge of the sheet material thereby forming a cohesive water impervious coveting over the top member and around the front edge of said top member;
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• the base structure including a sidewall and the inside surface of the molding including an L-shaped notch located over a top face and against an outside face of the side wall.

A modular countertop comprising:

• a base structure having a fixed top member with a front edge:
• a flat sheet material having a top surface and a front edge aligned with the front edge of the top member, the sheet material attached to the top member of the base structure and formed of a first material which is essentially impervious to moisture penetration, impact and scratching;
• supporting means for connecting to the base structure, the supporting means comprising a molding having a horizontally aligned top face, a vertically aligned outside face and an inside surface joined to the front edge of the top member of the base structure;
• the top face of the molding being recessed below the top surface of the sheet material a distance substantially equal to a thickness of the top portion of the edge members, a top surface of the top portion of the edge member thereby mounted substantially flush with the top surface of the sheet material;
• multiple preformed substantially "V-shaped" edge members connected to the supporting means and formed of a second material, each edge member including a top portion having a front face aligned with the front edges of the top member and the sheet material, a front portion and side faces;
• sealing means for sealing between the side faces of adjacent edge members and between the front face of each edge member and the front edge of the sheet material thereby forming a cohesive water impervious covering over the top member and around the front edge of said top member;
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• an extension member joined to the outside face of an adjacent molding member, the top face of the molding member in combination with a top face of the extension member having a length substantially equal to the top portion of each edge member.

A counter, comprising:

• sidewalls having a front surface, a back surface and a top edge;
• a countertop having a top surface and a front edge recessed in back of the front surface of the side walls;
• a flat sheet material extending substantially over the entire top surface of the countertop, the sheet material essentially impervious to moisture penetration, impact and scratching;
• multiple modular sections of molding each having a top face, an outside face, an inside surface, and opposite lateral sides, the molding sections joined adjacent to each resting both over the top edge of the side walls and against the front edge of the countertop with the top face of each molding recessed a given distance below the top surface of the countertop;
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• multiple preformed substantially "V-shaped" edge tiles each including a top portion joined onto the top face of an associated molding and aligned with the front edge of the countertop and a front portion extending against the outside surface of said associated molding, the sheet material and the edge tiles thereby forming a cohesive water impervious covering over the top surface and around the front edge of the base structure.