Crown molding
AssigneeSpexco, LLC
InventorMichael Timothy Spek
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Abstract
A crown molding and system for its use where the crown molding is formed from a specially blended plastic as extrusions to have a roughened surface and consisting of an inverted “L” bracket and a facing crown mold member for each crown molding section. The inverted “L” bracket is formed as a right angle section having right angle legs and is to be attached to a wall at points along its lower leg, with the right angle bend fitting into the wall to ceiling junction, and with the top leg end having a coupling end for connecting to a mount of a facing crown molding member. Which coupling edges are preferably mirror image corrugations that fit over and lock together, and with the facing member ends flanges to contact the wall and ceiling surfaces.
Claims21
A crown molding comprising:
- an “L” bracket section formed by upper and lower legs , said lower leg for attachment to a room wall with the upper leg proximate to a room ceiling;
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- a facing crown molding member for fitting to said “L” bracket section, the facing crown molding member having a uniform cross section;
- wherein an undersurface of an upper flange of said facing crown molding member includes first corrugations for meshing engagement with second corrugations in a top surface of said “L” bracket section upper leg,
- the “L” bracket section upper leg being deflectable away from the room ceiling to receive the top end of the facing crown molding member with the first and second corrugations in meshing engagement, such that the “L” bracket section upper leg flexes back toward the room ceiling with the first and second corrugations in meshing engagement,
- wherein the facing crown molding member comprises a substantially vertical front-facing surface at its upper end below the upper flange, and
- wherein the upper flange of the facing crown molding member has a substantially flat top surface and a ridge portion that extends past the top surface to contact the ceiling, the ridge portion being flush with the substantially vertical front-facing surface.
A molding section for a room ceiling, comprising:
- a bracket attachable to a room adjacent a wall ceiling juncture comprising an upper leg and a lower leg joined at a corner, wherein a top surface of the upper leg comprises at least one first corrugation;
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- a crown molding piece comprising a facing member having a front surface and an upper flange that meet at a corner, wherein a lower surface of the upper flange comprises at least one second corrugation configured to engage the at least one first corrugation, the crown molding piece having a uniform cross-section,
- wherein the upper leg of the bracket is deflectable away from the room ceiling to receive the upper flange of the crown molding piece into the at least one first corrugation, such that the upper leg flexes back toward the room ceiling with the at least one first corrugation engaging the at least one second corrugation,
- wherein the upper flange comprises a ridge portion formed at the corner and extending past a top surface of the upper flange to contact the ceiling, the ridge portion being flush with the front surface of the facing member which is below the upper flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.