Claims
- 1. A decorative molding system removably installed at a juncture of a ceiling and a vertical wall, 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,
- at least one pair of said plastic molding strips having free ends with their longitudinal axis forming an angle at a corner of a room,
- a plastic corner member provided between said adjacent plastic molding strips and forming a corner,
- said plastic corner member comprising a one piece plastic body having side walls intersecting at substantially the same angle as the angle formed by the axis of adjacent plastic molding strips,
- each said side wall having substantially the same undulating cross sectional configuration as the first surfaces of said adjacent plastic molding strips,
- each said wall having an upper free edge, a lower free edge and a vertical free edge, an outer surface and an inner surface,
- a flexible plastic clip means attached to each said side wall,
- each said clip means having said first end and a second free end, said first end being attached to the inner surfaces of its respective side wall intermediate the upper free edge of said wall and the lower free edge of said wall and said second free end of said clip extending at an acute angle to said wall of said corner member from said point of attachment,
- said free end of each said clip on said wall having interengaging means engaging said interengaging means on said forwarding leading edge of said track and holding said corner member in contact with said adjacent molding strips.
- 2. The decorative molding system set forth in claim 1 wherein said clip means comprises a one piece plastic body sonic bonded to each said wall.
- 3. The decorative molding system set forth in claim 2 wherein each said clip means includes a generally flat free end frictionally engaging said forward free edge of its respective track.
- 4. The decorative molding system set forth in claim 3 including spaced ribs on said free end of said clip means engaging the forward free edge of said track.
- 5. The decorative molding system set forth in any one of claims 1-4 wherein said free edges of each said wall of said corner member comprise integral flanges extending rearwardly.
- 6. A decorative molding system removably installed at a juncture of a ceiling and a vertical wall, said molding system comprising
- a pair of adjacent flexible thin molding strips,
- each said thin molding strip having a length and an upper free edge, a lower free edge, a undulating front surface and a undulating 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 undulating 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 pair 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 plastic corner member between said adjacent plastic molding strips to form a corner at the juncture of a ceiling and a wall,
- said plastic corner member comprising a one piece plastic body having side walls intersecting at substantially the same angle as the angle formed by a corner of a room in which the corner member is to be used,
- each said side wall having an undulating cross sectional configuration for engaging said undulating front surface of a respective thin plastic molding strip,
- each said side wall having an upper free edge, a lower free edge and a vertical free edge, an outer surface and an inner surface,
- said free edges of each said side wall wall of said corner member comprising integral flanges extending rearwardly and adapted to engage a respective thin flexible molding strip,
- a flexible plastic clip means attached to each said side wall,
- each said clip means having a first end and a second free end, said first end being attached to the inner surface of a respective side wall of said corner member intermediate the upper free edge of said side wall and the lower free edge of said side wall and said second free end of said clip means extending at an acute angle to said side wall of said corner member from a point of attachment,
- said free end of each said clip means on said side wall having interengaging means thereon for engaging a respective track and holding said corner member in contact with adjacent molding strips at the corner of a room.
- 7. The decorative molding system set forth in claim 6 wherein said clip means comprises a one piece plastic body bonded to each said wall.
- 8. The decorative molding system set forth in claim 7 wherein each said clip means includes a generally flat free end adapted to frictionally engage said forward leading edge of a respective track.
- 9. The decorative molding system set forth in claim 8 including spaced ribs on said free end of said clip means adapted to engage said forward leading edge of a track.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent applications Ser. No. 08/143,253 filed Oct. 26, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,457,923, which is a continuation-in-part of applications Ser. No. 07/916,399 filed Jul. 20, 1992, now abandoned, and Ser. No. 08/158,163 filed Nov. 24, 1993 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,398,469, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/143,253 filed Oct. 26, 1993, and Ser. No. 08/262,918 filed Jun. 20, 1994, now abandoned.
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