Flexible corner molding for curved surfaces

Claim 1

IN A BUILDING HAVING AN INTERIOR FLOOR-TO-CEILING CONCRETE COLUMN, SAID COLUMN BEING GENERALLY CIRCULAR IN HORIZONTAL CROSS SECTION, AN ELONGATE FLEXIBLE METAL STRIP HAVING A THIN MANUALLY BENDABLE BACK AND A THIN FLAT FLANGE EXTENDING GENERALLY PERPENDICULARLY FROM A MARGIN OF SAID BACK TO FORM A SUPPORTING SHELF GENERALLY AT A RIGHT ANGLE TO THE BACK, SAID FLANGE HAVING NOTCHES THEREIN SPACED ALONG ITS LENGTH, AND A THIN LAYER OF STRETCHABLE PLASTIC MATERIAL ADHERED TO AND COMPLETELY COVERING THE OUTSIDE OF SAID FLANGE INCLUDING THE NOTCHES, SAID METAL STRIP HAVING ITS BACK APPLIED TO THE PERIMETER OF THE COLUMN AND BENT AROUND THE COLUMN IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE ADJACENT THE UPPER END OF THE COLUMN AND SECURED TO THE COLUMN IN BENT CONDITION BY FASTENERS DRIVEN INTO THE COLUMN THROUGH SAID BACK, SAID FLANGE PROJECTING OUTWARD FROM THE COLUMN AT THE LOWER MARGIN OF THE BACK OF THE STRIP WHEN SO SECURED, SAID NOTCHES HAVING BEEN SPREAD BY SAID BENDING AND SAID PLASTIC MATERIAL BEING STRETCHED ACROSS THE SPREAD NOTCHES TO COVER AND CONCEAL THE NOTCHES AND TO PROVIDE A SUBSTANTIALLY SMOOTH UNBROKEN AND UNOBTRUSIVE FLAT APPEARANCE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID FLANGE, AND A PLURALITY OF CEILING MEMBERS HAVING EDGE PORTION CURVED IN SUBSTANTIAL CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE CURVATURE OF THE PERIMETER OF THE COLUMN, THE MARGINS OF SAID CEILING PANELS AT SAID CURVED EDGE PORTIONS OF SAID PANELS BEING ENTERED OVER SAID FLANGE AND BEARING UPON THE TOP FACE OF SAID FLANGE.