Bendable drip cap
OwnerVincenzo J. Occhipintiinventor
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Abstract
A bendable drip cap material fabricated of polyvinyl chloride or similar thermoplastic polymeric material has corrugated flanges adjacent the drip cap strip which permit portions of the material to be bent and secured in place atop any rounded window frame or the like.
Claims23
A bendable drip cap stripping comprising:
- a central strip;
- and
- a pair of corrugated flanges integral with respective opposite edges of said central strip and projecting in substantially opposite directions at angles of at least about 90 degrees;
- wherein said central strip and said pair of corrugated flanges cooperate to allow said bendable drip cap stripping to bend;
- and
- wherein one of said pair of corrugated flanges has the capability of expanding while the other of said pair of corrugated flanges contracts when said drip cap stripping is bent.
The method of installing onto a vertical surface surrounding an architectural feature a bendable drip cap stripping, which includes a central strip and a pair of corrugated flanges integral with respective opposite edges of said central strip and projecting in substantially opposite directions, said method comprising:
- a.) cutting a length of bendable drip cap stripping;
- b.) attaching one of said pair of corrugated flanges to the vertical surface at one end of the architectural feature;
- c.) bending the drip cap stripping around said architectural feature such that corrugations on either of said flanges expands while corrugations of the other of said flanges contract;
- d.) further attaching the one of said pair of corrugated flanges to the vertical surface surrounding the architectural feature;
- and
- e.) progressively bending and attaching the drip cap stripping along the length;
- wherein said central strip projects substantially perpendicularly away from said vertical surface.
A method of installing onto a vertical surface surrounding an architectural feature a bendable drip cap made of a flexible, resilient material, said drip cap including a central strip and first and second corrugated flanges integral with respective edges of said central strip and projecting in substantially opposite directions, wherein said first flange has larger corrugations than said second flange, said method comprising:
- a.) cutting a length of bendable drip cap stripping;
- b.) attaching the second corrugated flange to the vertical surface at one end of the architectural feature;
- c.) bending the drip cap stripping around said architectural feature such that corrugations on the second flange expands while corrugations of the first flange contract;
- d.) further attaching the second flange to the vertical surface surrounding the architectural feature;
- and
- e.) progressively bending and attaching the drip cap stripping along the length;
- wherein said central strip projects substantially perpendicularly away from said vertical surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.