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US3222837A
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Bathroom and kitchen molding
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1961-11-06
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Granted: 1965-12-14
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Expires: 1981-11-06
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Eugene J Daley
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 21:01
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47K; A47K3/00; A47K3/008; E; E04; E04F; E04F19/00; E04F19/02; E04F19/04; E04F19/045
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
298 words
IN COMBINATION WITH A PAIR OF WALS ADJOINING EACH OTHER AT A RIGHT ANGLE TO PROVIDE A RIGHT ANGLE CORNER: (A) AN ELONGATED RIGID MOLDING STRIP OF IMPERFORATE CERAMIC MATERIAL EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID CORNER HAVING PARALLEL LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING FREE EDGES AND A GENERALLY RIGHT ANGLES CROSS SECTIONAL CONTOUR PROVIDING A PAIR OF LEGS EXTENDING AT A RIGHT ANGLE TO EACH OTHER, HAVING A REENTRANT SURFACE WITHIN THE 90* ANGLE THEREOF; (B) SAID REENTRANT SURFACE BEING OF GENERALLY DOUBLEOGEE CONTOUR TRANSVERSELY OF SAID STRIP PROVIDING CONVEXLY CURVED SURFACES EXTENDING GENERALLY TOWARD EACH OTHER FROM THE FREE EDGES OF SAID STRIP AND AN INTERMEDIATE CONCAVELY CURVED SURFACE IN CONTINUATION OF SAID CONVEX SURFACES; (C) THE SAID LEGS OF SAID STRIP BEING RELATIVELY THICK ALONG SAID FREE EDGES AND BEING FORMED WITH A RABBET ALONG EACH FREE EDGE ON THE SIDE OF EACH LEG THAT IS OPPOSITE TO EACH OF SAID CONVEX SURFACES; (D) EACH RABBET BRING OF A DEPTH IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSELY OF EACH LEG APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO THE THICKNESS OF THE MARGINAL PORTION OF A CONVENTIONAL FLAT BATHROCOM WALL TILE; (E) CONVENTIONAL FLAT BATHROOD WALL TITLES RESPECTIVELY SECURED TO SAID WALLS ADJACENT TO SAID CORNER FORMED THEREBY PROVIDING WALL COVERING WITH A MARGINAL PORTION OF EACH TITLE WITHIN ONE OF THE RABBETS FORMED ONB SAID MOLDING STRIP AND WITH THE SURFACES DEFINING ONE SIDE OF EACH RABBET SUBSTANTIALLY AGAINST AND IN LAPPING OPPOSED RELATION TO THE SURFACE OF THE MARGINAL PORTION OF THE TITLE THAT IS OPPOSED THERETO AND THAT FACES OUTWARDLY OF THE WALL AGAINST WHICH THE TITLE IS SECURED AND A WATERPROOF SEALANT BETWEEN THE OPPOSED LAPPING SURFACES OF SAID TITLE AND SAID ONE SIDE OF SAID RABBET SECURING SAID TITLE IN EACH RABBET AND SEALING SAID TITLE AND STRIP AGAINST LEAKAGE PAST AND RABBETS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
298 words
IN COMBINATION WITH A PAIR OF WALS ADJOINING EACH OTHER AT A RIGHT ANGLE TO PROVIDE A RIGHT ANGLE CORNER: (A) AN ELONGATED RIGID MOLDING STRIP OF IMPERFORATE CERAMIC MATERIAL EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID CORNER HAVING PARALLEL LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING FREE EDGES AND A GENERALLY RIGHT ANGLES CROSS SECTIONAL CONTOUR PROVIDING A PAIR OF LEGS EXTENDING AT A RIGHT ANGLE TO EACH OTHER, HAVING A REENTRANT SURFACE WITHIN THE 90* ANGLE THEREOF; (B) SAID REENTRANT SURFACE BEING OF GENERALLY DOUBLEOGEE CONTOUR TRANSVERSELY OF SAID STRIP PROVIDING CONVEXLY CURVED SURFACES EXTENDING GENERALLY TOWARD EACH OTHER FROM THE FREE EDGES OF SAID STRIP AND AN INTERMEDIATE CONCAVELY CURVED SURFACE IN CONTINUATION OF SAID CONVEX SURFACES; (C) THE SAID LEGS OF SAID STRIP BEING RELATIVELY THICK ALONG SAID FREE EDGES AND BEING FORMED WITH A RABBET ALONG EACH FREE EDGE ON THE SIDE OF EACH LEG THAT IS OPPOSITE TO EACH OF SAID CONVEX SURFACES; (D) EACH RABBET BRING OF A DEPTH IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSELY OF EACH LEG APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO THE THICKNESS OF THE MARGINAL PORTION OF A CONVENTIONAL FLAT BATHROCOM WALL TILE; (E) CONVENTIONAL FLAT BATHROOD WALL TITLES RESPECTIVELY SECURED TO SAID WALLS ADJACENT TO SAID CORNER FORMED THEREBY PROVIDING WALL COVERING WITH A MARGINAL PORTION OF EACH TITLE WITHIN ONE OF THE RABBETS FORMED ONB SAID MOLDING STRIP AND WITH THE SURFACES DEFINING ONE SIDE OF EACH RABBET SUBSTANTIALLY AGAINST AND IN LAPPING OPPOSED RELATION TO THE SURFACE OF THE MARGINAL PORTION OF THE TITLE THAT IS OPPOSED THERETO AND THAT FACES OUTWARDLY OF THE WALL AGAINST WHICH THE TITLE IS SECURED AND A WATERPROOF SEALANT BETWEEN THE OPPOSED LAPPING SURFACES OF SAID TITLE AND SAID ONE SIDE OF SAID RABBET SECURING SAID TITLE IN EACH RABBET AND SEALING SAID TITLE AND STRIP AGAINST LEAKAGE PAST AND RABBETS.
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