Decorative molding
View Patent ↗The invention includes an end cover ( 32 ) for disposition over an end of a mantel ( 20 ). The end cover ( 32 ) presents a front corner ( 38 ) extending between an upper wall ( 34 ) and a lower wall ( 36 ) and is symmetrical rearwardly to a pair of side edges ( 42 ) from the front corner ( 38 ) whereby the end cover ( 32 ) may be disposed over either end of the mantel ( 20 ). The upper wall ( 34 ) of the end cover ( 32 ) extends between the front walls ( 44 ) and the side edges ( 42 ) and the lower wall ( 36 ) extends between the front walls ( 44 ) and the side edges ( 42 ). The upper wall ( 34 ) and the lower wall ( 36 ) each has the shape of a square with equal sides. The front walls ( 44 ) define interior surfaces complementary to the irregular pattern of the decorative face ( 24 ) of the mantel ( 20 ) and the end cover ( 32 ) overlies the mantel ( 20 ) the thickness of each front wall ( 44 ).
1. An exterior trim assembly for use in a surround of an opening in a building and comprising;
a mantel ( 20 ) extending along a longitudinal axis between ends for disposition above the opening in the building,
said mantel ( 20 ) defining a rear mounting plane and a decorative face ( 24 ) spaced forwardly from said plane by less than a decorative distance (X),
an end cover ( 32 ) for disposition over an end of said mantel ( 20 ),
and said end cover ( 32 ) having a top and a bottom and presenting a front corner ( 38 ) extending between said top and said bottom and being symmetrical from said front corner ( 38 ) whereby said end cover ( 32 ) may be disposed over either end of said mantel ( 20 ),
said end cover ( 32 ) including two front surfaces ( 40 ) extending from said front corner ( 38 ) to a respective pair of side edges ( 42 ), the distance perpendicular to either of said front surfaces ( 40 ) from said corner to a position aligned with either of said side edges ( 42 ) being equal to said decorative distance (X),
said end cover ( 32 ) including an upper wall ( 34 ) at said top extending between said front surfaces ( 40 ) and said side edges ( 42 ) and a lower wall ( 36 ) at said bottom extending between said front surfaces ( 40 ) and said side edges ( 42 ),
each of said upper wall ( 34 ) and said lower wall ( 36 ) having the shape of a parallelogram having equal sides,
said mantel ( 20 ) including a ledge ( 26 ) extending from the decorative face ( 24 ) rearwardly to an edge defining the rear mounting plane and said decorative face ( 24 ) extending downwardly from said ledge ( 26 ) in an irregular pattern having different distances from said mounting plane, said front surfaces ( 40 ) of said end cover ( 32 ) being defined by front walls ( 44 ) having interior surfaces complementary to said irregular pattern,
said end cover ( 32 ) overlying said mantel ( 20 ) by a thickness of one of said front walls ( 44 ),
said end cover ( 32 ) being disposed on one end of said mantel ( 20 ) and including a simulated cover ( 48 ) integrally formed with said mantel ( 20 ) at the other end thereof with said simulated cover ( 48 ) presenting a shoulder ( 50 ) simulating the thickness of said one of said front walls ( 44 ) of said end cover ( 32 ).
2. An assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein each parallelogram defines a square.
3. An assembly as set forth in claim 1 including an attachment for attaching said end cover ( 32 ) to said mantel ( 20 ).
4. An assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein at least one of said front walls ( 44 ) and said upper wall ( 34 ) and said lower wall ( 36 ) taper into said mantel ( 20 ).
5. An assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said mantel ( 20 ) includes protrusions ( 30 ) spaced along said decorative face ( 24 ) and said front walls ( 44 ) include score lines ( 46 ) for facilitating removal of a portion of said front walls ( 44 ) to receive said protrusion ( 30 ) adjacent said end of said mantel ( 20 ).
6. An assembly as set forth in claim 1 including a base ( 22 ) for attachment to a support structure of a building and for mounting said mantel ( 20 ) and said end cover ( 32 ).
7. An assembly as set forth in claim 6 including mechanical snap-on devices for snapping said mantel ( 20 ) onto said base ( 22 ).
8. An exterior trim assembly for use in a surround of an opening in a building and comprising;
a mantel ( 20 ) extending along a longitudinal axis between ends for disposition above the opening in the building,
said mantel ( 20 ) defining a rear mounting plane and a decorative face ( 24 ) spaced forwardly from said plane by less than a decorative distance (X),
an end cover ( 32 ) for disposition over an end of said mantel ( 20 ),
and said end cover ( 32 ) having a top and a bottom and presenting a front corner ( 38 ) extending between said top and said bottom and being symmetrical from said front corner ( 38 ) whereby said end cover ( 32 ) may be disposed over either end of said mantel ( 20 ),
said end cover ( 32 ) including two front surfaces ( 40 ) extending from said front corner ( 38 ) to a respective pair of side edges ( 42 ), the distance perpendicular to either of said front surfaces ( 40 ) from said corner to a position aligned with either of said side edges ( 42 ) being equal to said decorative distance (X),
said end cover ( 32 ) including an upper wall ( 34 ) at said top extending between said front surfaces ( 40 ) and said side edges ( 42 ) and a lower wall ( 36 ) at said bottom extending between said front surfaces ( 40 ) and said side edges ( 42 ),
each of said upper wall ( 34 ) and said lower wall ( 36 ) having the shape of a parallelogram having equal sides,
said mantel ( 20 ) including a ledge ( 26 ) extending from the decorative face ( 24 ) rearwardly to an edge defining the rear mounting plane and said decorative face ( 24 ) extending downwardly from said ledge ( 26 ) in an irregular pattern having different distances from said mounting plane, said front surfaces ( 40 ) of said end cover ( 32 ) being defined by front walls ( 44 ) having interior surfaces complementary to said irregular pattern,
said end cover ( 32 ) overlying said mantel ( 20 ) by a thickness of one of said front walls ( 44 ),
said mantel ( 20 ) including protrusions ( 30 ) spaced along said decorative face ( 24 ) and said front walls ( 44 ) include score lines ( 46 ) for facilitating removal of a portion of said front walls ( 44 ) to receive said protrusion ( 30 ) adjacent said end of said mantel ( 20 ).
9. An assembly as set forth in claim 8 wherein each parallelogram defines a square.
10. An assembly as set forth in claim 8 including an attachment for attaching said end cover ( 32 ) to said mantel ( 20 ).
11. An assembly as set forth in claim 8 wherein at least one of said front walls ( 44 ) and said upper wall ( 34 ) and said lower wall ( 36 ) taper into said mantel ( 20 ).
12. An assembly as set forth in claim 8 wherein said end cover ( 32 ) is disposed on one end of said mantel ( 20 ) and including a simulated cover ( 48 ) integrally formed with said mantel ( 20 ) at the other end thereof with said simulated cover ( 48 ) presenting a shoulder ( 50 ) simulating the thickness of said one of said front walls ( 44 ) of said end cover ( 32 ).
13. An assembly as set forth in claim 8 including a base ( 22 ) for attachment to a support structure of a building and for mounting said mantel ( 20 ) and said end cover ( 32 ).
14. An assembly as set forth in claim 13 including mechanical snap-on devices for snapping said mantel ( 20 ) onto said base ( 22 ).
15. An exterior trim assembly for use in a surround of an opening in a building and comprising;
a mantel ( 20 ) extending along a longitudinal axis between ends for disposition above the opening in the building,
said mantel ( 20 ) defining a rear mounting plane and a decorative face ( 24 ) spaced from said rear mounting plane,
said mantel ( 20 ) including a ledge ( 26 ) extending from the decorative face ( 24 ) to the rear mounting plane and said decorative face ( 24 ) extending downwardly from said ledge ( 26 ),
an end cover ( 32 ) for disposition over and concealing an end of said mantel ( 20 ),
said end cover ( 32 ) having a top and a bottom and presenting a front corner ( 38 ) extending between said top and said bottom and being symmetrical from said front corner ( 38 ) whereby said end cover ( 32 ) may be disposed over either end of said mantel ( 20 ) with said top being located above said bottom regardless of which end said end cover is disposed,
said end cover ( 32 ) including two front surfaces ( 40 ) extending from said front corner ( 38 ) to a respective pair of side edges ( 42 ),
one of said two front surfaces ( 40 ) extending along said longitudinal axis from said decorative face ( 24 ) to said front corner ( 38 ) and the other of said two front surfaces ( 40 ) extending from said first corner ( 38 ) to said rear mounting plane, and
wherein said front surfaces ( 40 ) of said end cover ( 32 ) are defined by front walls ( 44 ) and said end cover ( 32 ) overlies said mantel ( 20 ) by the thickness of one of said front walls ( 44 ).
16. An assembly as set forth in claim 15 wherein said one of said two front surfaces ( 40 ) extends in parallel with said decorative face ( 24 ) of said mantel ( 20 ).
17. An assembly as set forth in claim 16 wherein said decorative face extends from said ledge ( 26 ) in an irregular pattern having different distances from said rear mounting plane.
18. An assembly as set forth in claim 15 wherein said end cover ( 32 ) includes an upper wall ( 34 ) at said top extending between said front surfaces ( 40 ) and said side edges ( 42 ) and a lower wall ( 36 ) at said bottom extending between said front surfaces ( 40 ) and said side edges ( 42 ).
19. An assembly as set forth in claim 18 wherein each of said upper wall ( 34 ) and said lower wall ( 36 ) has the shape of a parallelogram having equal sides.
20. An assembly as set forth in claim 19 wherein each parallelogram defines a square.
21. An assembly as set forth in claim 15 including an attachment for attaching said end cover ( 32 ) to said mantel ( 20 ).
22. An assembly as set forth in claim 18 wherein at least one of said front walls ( 44 ) and said upper wall ( 34 ) and said lower wall ( 36 ) taper into said mantel ( 20 ).
23. An assembly as set forth in claim 15 wherein said end cover ( 32 ) is disposed on one end of said mantel ( 20 ) and including a simulated cover ( 48 ) integrally formed with said mantel ( 20 ) at the other end thereof with said simulated cover ( 48 ) presenting a shoulder ( 50 ) simulating the thickness of said front walls ( 44 ) of said end cover ( 32 ).
24. An assembly as set forth in claim 15 wherein said mantel ( 20 ) includes protrusions ( 30 ) spaced along said decorative face ( 24 ) and said front walls ( 44 ) include score lines ( 46 ) for facilitating removal of a portion of said front walls ( 44 ) to receive said protrusion ( 30 ) adjacent said end of said mantel ( 20 ).
25. An assembly as set forth in claim 15 including a base ( 22 ) for attachment to a support structure of a building and for mounting said mantel ( 20 ) and said end cover ( 32 ).
26. An assembly as set forth in claim 25 including mechanical snap-on devices for snapping said mantel ( 20 ) onto said base ( 22 ).
27. An exterior trim assembly for use in a surround of an opening in a building and comprising;
a mantel ( 20 ) extending along a longitudinal axis between ends for disposition above the opening in the building,
said mantel ( 20 ) defining a rear mounting plane and a decorative face ( 24 ) spaced from said rear mounting plane,
said mantel ( 20 ) including a ledge ( 26 ) extending from the decorative face ( 24 ) to the rear mounting plane and said decorative face ( 24 ) extending downwardly from said ledge ( 26 ),
an end cover ( 32 ) for disposition over and concealing an end of said mantel ( 20 ),
said end cover ( 32 ) having a top and a bottom and presenting a front corner ( 38 ) extending between said top and said bottom and being symmetrical from said front corner ( 38 ) whereby said end cover ( 32 ) may be disposed over either end of said mantel ( 20 ) with said top being located above said bottom regardless of which end said end cover is disposed,
said end cover ( 32 ) including two front surfaces ( 40 ) extending from said front corner ( 38 ) to a respective pair of side edges ( 42 ),
said end cover ( 32 ) including an upper wall ( 34 ) at said top extending between said front surfaces ( 40 ) and said side edges ( 42 ) and a lower wall ( 36 ) at said bottom extending between said front surfaces ( 40 ) and said side edges ( 42 ),
one of said two front surfaces ( 40 ) extending along said longitudinal axis from said decorative face ( 24 ) to said front corner ( 38 ) and the other of said two front surfaces ( 40 ) extending from said first corner ( 38 ) to said rear mounting plane, and
said front surfaces ( 40 ) of said end cover ( 32 ) being defined by front walls ( 44 ) and said at least one of said front walls ( 44 ) and said upper wall ( 34 ) and said lower wall ( 36 ) taper into said mantel ( 20 ).
28. An assembly as set forth in claim 27 wherein said one of said two front surfaces ( 40 ) extends in parallel with said decorative face ( 24 ) of said mantel ( 20 ).
29. An assembly as set forth in claim 27 including an attachment for attaching said end cover ( 32 ) to said mantel ( 20 ).
30. An exterior trim assembly for use in a surround of an opening in a building and comprising;
a mantel ( 20 ) extending along a longitudinal axis between ends for disposition above the opening in the building,
said mantel ( 20 ) defining a rear mounting plane and a decorative face ( 24 ) spaced from said rear mounting plane,
said mantel ( 20 ) including a ledge ( 26 ) extending from the decorative face ( 24 ) to the rear mounting plane and said decorative face ( 24 ) extending downwardly from said ledge ( 26 ),
an end cover ( 32 ) for disposition over and concealing an end of said mantel ( 20 ),
said end cover ( 32 ) having a top and a bottom and presenting a front corner ( 38 ) extending between said top and said bottom and being symmetrical from said front corner ( 38 ) whereby said end cover ( 32 ) may be disposed over either end of said mantel ( 20 ) with said top being located above said bottom regardless of which end said end cover is disposed,
said end cover ( 32 ) including two front surfaces ( 40 ) extending from said front corner ( 38 ) to a respective pair of side edges ( 42 ),
one of said two front surfaces ( 40 ) extending along said longitudinal axis from said decorative face ( 24 ) to said front corner ( 38 ) and the other of said two front surfaces ( 40 ) extending from said first corner ( 38 ) to said rear mounting plane, and
said front surfaces ( 40 ) of said end cover ( 32 ) being defined by front walls ( 44 ) and said mantel ( 20 ) including protrusions ( 30 ) spaced along said decorative face ( 24 ) and said front walls ( 44 ) including score lines ( 46 ) for facilitating removal of a portion of said front walls ( 44 ) to receive said protrusion ( 30 ) adjacent said end of said mantel ( 20 ).
31. An assembly as set forth in claim 30 wherein said one of said two front surfaces ( 40 ) extends in parallel with said decorative face ( 24 ) of said mantel ( 20 ).
32. An assembly as set forth in claim 30 wherein said end cover ( 32 ) includes an upper wall ( 34 ) at said top extending between said front surfaces ( 40 ) and said side edges ( 42 ) and a lower wall ( 36 ) at said bottom extending between said front surfaces ( 40 ) and said side edges ( 42 ).