Corner brick block
AssigneeTapco International Corporation
InventorsCharles E. Schiedegger, J. Richard Logan, Aundrea Nurenberg, Clyde G. Allen
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Abstract
A corner block assembly comprises a corner block and a mortar joint. The corner block has at least two faces arranged in a predefined angular relationship and joined along adjacent edges thereof. Each face has a top flange extending rearwardly from a top edge and at an edge opposite from the joined edge an arm extending rearwardly therefrom. The mortar joint is affixed to the top flanges of the corner block and has at least two legs arranged in a like predefined angular relationship. Each leg has a rear attachment flange for abutting one of the intersecting walls and a front cap spaced from the attachment flange wherein a bottom edge of the front cap abuts at the top of the corner block.
Claims33
A corner block system for covering exterior corners of intersecting building walls, said corner block system comprising:
- two elongated vertically oriented brackets one attached to each of the intersecting walls;
- a plurality of mortar joints, each said mortar joint having at least two legs arranged in a predefined angular relationship, each leg having a rear attachment flange for abutting one of the intersecting walls and a front cap spaced from said attachment flange;
- a plurality of corner blocks, each said corner block having at least two faces arranged in a like predefined angular relationship and joined along adjacent edges thereof, each face having at an edge opposite from said joined edge an arm extending rearwardly therefrom;
- wherein:
- said blocks are vertically arranged between said vertically oriented brackets, each arm of said blocks retainingly engaging said bracket, and one of said mortar joints is interposed between adjacent ones of said corner blocks wherein a top of a bottommost of said adjacent corner blocks abuts a bottom of said front cap and a top of said front cap abuts a bottom of a topmost of said adjacent corner blocks.
A decorative corner block assembly for covering exterior corners of intersecting building walls, said corner block assembly comprising:
- a corner block having at least two faces arranged in a predefined angular relationship and joined along adjacent edges thereof, each face having a top flange extending rearwardly from a top edge thereof and at an edge opposite from said joined edge an arm extending rearwardly therefrom;
- and
- a mortar joint affixed to said top flanges, said mortar joint having at least two legs arranged in a like predefined angular relationship, each leg having a rear attachment flange for abutting one of the intersecting walls and a front cap spaced from said attachment flange wherein a bottom edge of said front cap abuts a top of said corner block.
A method of installing a corner block system to an exterior corner of intersecting walls of a building wherein the corner block system includes at least two elongate brackets, a plurality of corner blocks having at least two faces arranged in a predefined angular relationship and joined along adjacent edges thereof, each face having a top flange extending rearwardly from a top shoulder defined by the top flange and the face, and an arm extending rearwardly from an edge of each face opposite from the joined edge and having a protrusion on an inner surface, and a plurality of mortar joints having at least two legs arranged in a like predefined angular relationship, each leg having a rear attachment flange and a front cap spaced from said attachment flange by a web extending therebetween, said method including the steps of:
- attaching one of the brackets to each of the intersecting walls a predefined distance from the corner;
- abutting the attachment flange of a mortar joint to the corner substantially at a bottom edge of the intersecting walls;
- attaching the mortar joint at the attachment flange to the walls;
- placing a corner block on the mortar joint such that the bottom shoulder of the corner block abuts a top edge of the mortar joint cap;
- engaging the arms of the corner block to a free edge of the bracket by snapping the arm protrusion over the bracket free edge;
- alternatingly affixing mortar joints and corner blocks to the corner of the building in like manner until the installation reaches a top of the intersecting walls of the building.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.