Claims
- 1. A decorative molding system removably installed at a juncture of a ceiling and a vertical wall in a room, said molding system comprising:
- a plurality of thin molding strips of flexible plastic having a length and an upper free edge, a lower free edge, a front surface and a back surface, said upper free edge being adapted to lie against one of said ceiling and said vertical wall along a line spaced from the juncture of the ceiling and vertical wall and flex relative thereto, said lower free edge being adapted to lie against the other of said ceiling and said vertical wall along a line spaced from the juncture of the ceiling and vertical wall and flex relative thereto,
- a plurality of flexible plastic clips,
- each said flexible plastic clip having a first end and a second free end,
- said flexible plastic clips being attached at spaced points along the length of the back surface of each molding strip such that the first end of each said clip is attached on the back surface of said molding strip at a point of attachment intermediate the upper free edge and lower free edge of said molding strip and said second free end of each said clip extends at an angle from said point of attachment,
- said second free end of each said clip being capable of flexing relative to said point of attachment to said molding, each said molding strip being sufficiently flexible about its length as well as its width to provide conforming engagement of its upper free edge and its lower free edge with the ceiling and vertical wall to provide conforming engagement with the ceiling and vertical wall,
- a plurality of wall tracks of thin flexible plastic having a back surface, a front surface, an upper edge and a forward leading edge providing a gap between the leading edge and the front surface,
- means for mounting the upper edge of each track on one of said ceiling and said vertical wall adjacent the juncture of said ceiling and said vertical wall such that said forward leading edge is spaced from the other of said ceiling and said vertical wall,
- said forward leading edge of said track being capable of flexing relative to said upper edge of said track,
- interengaging means on said second free end of said clip and said forward leading edge of said track such that when the thin molding strip with the flexible plastic clips attached thereto is mounted on said track by movement of each said second free end if each said clip into the gap between the leading edge of said track and the front surface, the second free end of each said clip is moved into the gap and said forward leading edge of said track are interengaged, such that each said thin molding strip is restrained against ready removal and such that when said molding strip is mounted on said wall track, the upper edge of said molding strip is angled outwardly from said track, such that said clip is positioned between said lower forward free edge of said wall track and its associated wall,
- a corner in the room being formed by a first flexible molding strip having clips thereon on one of said plurality of flexible molding strips mounted on a first track on one of said plurality of wall tracks along a first wall in said room and extends toward the corner of an intersection with an adjacent second wall in said room and an adjacent second flexible molding strip having clips thereon on one of said plurality of flexible molding strips is mounted on a second track on one of said plurality of wall tracks on the adjacent wall, each said first molding strip and said second molding strip having a free edge,
- said adjacent second molding strip having said free edge cut at an angle to engage an outer surface of said first molding strip at an area spaced from said free edge of said first molding strip, said free edge of said second molding strip having a configuration corresponding to the configuration of the cross section of the first flexible molding strip after it is in tensioned position on the wall, such that when the second molding strip is snapped into position on the second wall, the cross section of the second flexible molding strip changes from the untensioned position to a tensioned position substantially the same as the cross section of the tensioned first molding strip on the first wall, the desired cross section of the free end of the second molding strip being achieved by cutting the untensioned end to the untensioned cross section such that it will assume the tensioned cross section when the second strip is snapped into position at the corner and engages the outer surface of the first strip.
- 2. For use in a decorative molding system removably installed at a juncture of a ceiling and a vertical wall,
- a plurality of thin molding strips of flexible plastic having a length and an upper free edge, a lower free edge, a front surface and a back surface, said upper free edge being adapted to lie against one of a ceiling and a vertical wall along a line spaced from the juncture of the ceiling and vertical wall and flex relative thereto, said lower free edge being adapted to lie against the other of a ceiling and a vertical wall along a line spaced from the juncture of a ceiling and a vertical wall and flex relative thereto a plurality of flexible plastic clips, each said flexible plastic clip having a first end and a second free end, said flexible plastic clips being attached at spaced points along the length of the back surface of each molding strip such that the first end of each said clip is attached on the back surface of said molding strip at a point of attachment intermediate the upper free edge and lower free edge of said molding strip and said second free end of each said clip extends at an angle from said point of attachment, said second free end of each said clip being capable of flexing relative to said point of attachment to said molding, each said molding strip being sufficiently flexible about its length as well as its width to provide conforming engagement of its upper free edge and its lower free edge with a ceiling and a vertical wall to provide conforming engagement with a ceiling and a vertical wall, a plurality of wall tracks of thin flexible plastic having a back surface, a front surface, an upper edge and a forward leading edge providing a gap between the leading edge and the front surface, means for mounting the upper edge of each track on one of a ceiling and a vertical wall adjacent the juncture of said ceiling and said vertical wall such that said forward leading edge is spaced from the other of a ceiling and a vertical wall, said forward leading edge of said track being capable of flexing relative to said upper edge of said track, interengaging means on said second free end of said clip and said forward leading edge of said track such that when the thin molding strip with the flexible plastic clips attached thereto is mounted on a track by movement of each said second free end if each said clip into the gap between the leading edge of said track and the front surface, the second free end of each said clip is moved into the gap and said forward leading edge of said track are interengaged, such that each said thin molding strip is restrained against ready removal and such that when said molding strip is mounted on said wall track, the upper edge of said molding strip is angled outwardly from said track, such that said clip is positioned between said lower forward free edge of said wall track and its associated wall,
- a kit comprising a first flexible molding strip of one of said plurality of flexible molding strips having clips thereon adapted to be mounted on the track along a first wall of a room for extending toward a corner of an intersection with an adjacent second wall of a room,
- an adjacent second flexible molding strip of one of said plurality of flexible molding strips having clips thereon for mounting on a track on an adjacent second wall of a room, each said first molding strip and said second molding strip having a free edge,
- the adjacent second molding strip having said free edge cut at an angle to engage an outer surface of said first molding strip at an area spaced from said free edge of said first molding strip, said free edge of said second molding strip having a configuration corresponding to the configuration of the cross section of the first flexible molding strip after it is in tensioned position on a wall, such that when the second molding strip is snapped into position on the second wall, the cross section of the second flexible molding strip changes from the untensioned position to a tensioned position substantially the same as the cross section of the tensioned first molding strip on the first wall.
- 3. A decorative molding system removably installed at a juncture of a ceiling and a vertical wall in a room, said molding system comprising:
- a pair of thin molding strips of flexible plastic having a length and an upper free edge, a lower free edge, a front surface and a back surface, said upper free edge being adapted to lie against one of said ceiling and said vertical wall along a line spaced from the juncture of the ceiling and vertical wall and flex relative thereto, said lower free edge being adapted to lie against the other of said ceiling and said vertical wall along a line spaced from the juncture of the ceiling and vertical wall and flex relative thereto,
- means for mounting said molding strip on a vertical wall such that each molding strip is placed under tension and has a cross sectional configuration on the tensioned state different that the cross sectional configuration is an untensioned state,
- a corner in the room being formed by a first flexible molding strip of said pair of flexible molding strips along a first wall and extends toward the corner of an intersection with an adjacent second wall,
- an adjacent second flexible molding strip of said pair of molding strips on said adjacent each said first molding strip and said second molding strip having a free edge, wall,
- the adjacent second molding strip having said free edge cut at an angle to engage an outer surface of said first molding strip at an area spaced from said free edge of said first molding strip, said free edge of said second molding strip having a configuration corresponding to the configuration of the cross section of the first flexible molding strip after it is in tensioned position on said first wall, such that when the second molding strip is placed into position on said second wall, the cross section of the second flexible molding strip changes from the untensioned position to a tensioned position substantially the same as the cross section of the tensioned first molding strip on the first wall, the desired cross section of the free end of the second molding strip being achieved by cutting the untensioned free edge to the untensioned cross section such that it will assume the tensioned cross section when the second strip is snapped into position at the corner and engages the outer surface of the first strip.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/262,918 filed Jun. 20, 1994, abandoned which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/143,253 filed Oct. 26, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,457,923, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/916,399 filed Jul. 20, 1992, abandoned, now continuation application Ser. No. 08/158,163 filed Nov. 24, 1993 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,398,469.
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