Patent Application
20170121984
The disclosure relates to crown moulding devices and more particularly pertains to a new crown moulding device for concealing an electrical line or the like behind the crown moulding.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising at least one first member that may be coupled to a horizontal support surface. At least one second member is provided. The at least one second member may be coupled to the vertical support surface. A panel is removably coupled between the at least one first member and the at least one second member. Thus, the at least one first member, the at least one second member and the panel may present the appearance of crown moulding. At least one line is provided. The at least one line is positioned behind the panel such that the at least one line may be concealed.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The third surface 20 undulates between the first surface 16 and the second surface 18. Additionally, the third surface 20 may comprise a plurality of angles and other geometric shapes that extend between the first surface 16 and the second surface 18. Thus, the third surface 20 defines an ornamental appearance of the at least one first member 12. The ornamental appearance of the at least one member 12 may be any ornamental appearance associated with crown moulding. The first surface 16 is coupled to the horizontal support surface 14. The at least one first member 12 is positioned such that the second surface 18 is coextensively spaced from an intersection of the horizontal support surface 14 and a vertical support surface 22.
The third surface 20 has a first slot 24 extending inwardly therein. The first slot 24 is positioned closer to the second surface 18 than the first surface 16. The first slot 24 is longitudinally coextensive with the at least one first member 12. The at least one first member 12 is one of a plurality of first members 26. The first slot 24 of each of the plurality of first members 26 is oriented at a plurality of angles with respect to the second surface 18 of an associated one of the first members 12.
At least one second member 28 is provided. The at least one second member 28 may be coupled to the vertical support surface 22. The vertical support surface 22 may comprise a wall or the like. The at least one second member 28 has a back surface 32, a front surface 34 and a peripheral edge 36 extending between the back surface 32 and the front surface 34.
The peripheral edge 36 has a top side 38 and a bottom side 40. The front surface 34 undulates between the top side 38 and the bottom side 40. Thus, the front surface 34 defines an ornamental appearance of the at least one second member 28. The ornamental appearance of the at least one second member 28 may be any ornamental appearance associated with crown moulding. The back surface 32 may be coupled to the vertical support surface 22. The at least one second member 28 is oriented such that the top side 38 is coextensively spaced from the intersection of the horizontal support surface 14 and the vertical support surface 22.
The front surface 34 has a second slot 42 extending inwardly therein. The second slot 42 is positioned closer to the top side 38 than the bottom side 40. The second slot 42 is longitudinally coextensive with the at least one second member 28. The at least one second member 28 is one of a plurality of second members 44. The second slot 42 of each of the second members 44 is oriented at a plurality of angles with respect to the back surface 32 of an associated one of the second members 44.
A panel 46 is removably coupled between the at least one first member 12 and the at least one second member 28. Thus, the at least one first member 12, the at least one second member 28 and the panel 46 may present the appearance of crown moulding. The panel 46 has a first edge 48 and a second edge 50. The first edge 48 is inserted into the first slot 24 and the second edge 50 is inserted into the second slot 42. The panel 46 is comprised of a deformable material. Thus, the panel 46 is selectively forms a concave arc, a convex arc and an ogee between the at least one first member 12 and the at least one second member 28.
At least one line 52 is provided. The at least one line 52 is positioned behind the panel 46 such that the at least one line 52 may be concealed. The at least one line 52 may comprise an electrical wire, a plumbing pipe or other line associated with building construction. Additionally, the at least one line 52 may comprise tubular security lighting or the like.
In use, a selected one of the plurality of first members 26 is coupled to the horizontal support surface 14. The selected first member 26 is oriented to be coextensive with and spaced from the intersection of the horizontal support surface 14 and the vertical support surface 22. A selected one of the plurality of second members 44 is coupled to the vertical support surface 22. The selected second member 44 is oriented to be coextensive with and spaced from the intersection of the vertical support surface 22 and the horizontal support surface 14. The panel 46 is positioned to extend between the selected first member 26 and the selected second member 44. The at least one line 52 is inserted between the panel 46 and the intersection of the horizontal support surface 14 and the vertical support surface 22. Thus, the at least one line 52 is concealed.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, system and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
