U.S. patent number 3,899,859 [Application Number 05/447,641] was granted by the patent office on 1975-08-19 for skirting boards and facia covers therefor.
Invention is credited to Ronald Smith.
United States Patent |
3,899,859 |
Smith |
August 19, 1975 |
Skirting boards and facia covers therefor
Abstract
The invention comprises a facia cover for existing skirting
boards or for substitution for a skirting board where none is
fitted within in which brackets are provided to support and conceal
electric lighting and other wiring.
Inventors: |
Smith; Ronald (Manchester,
Lancaster, EN) |
Family
ID: |
10202563 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/447,641 |
Filed: |
March 4, 1974 |
Foreign Application Priority Data
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May 18, 1973 [GB] |
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23864/73 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
52/288.1;
52/718.02 |
Current CPC
Class: |
E04F
19/0468 (20130101); E04F 2019/044 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
E04F
19/04 (20060101); E04F 019/04 () |
Field of
Search: |
;52/287,290,288,242,716,717,718 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
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110,186 |
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Jan 1970 |
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DK |
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686,179 |
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Mar 1965 |
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IT |
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Primary Examiner: Faw, Jr.; Price C.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Norris & Bateman
Claims
What I claim is:
1. Means for the detachable covering of an existing skirting board
extending along the wall of a room at the floor and having a top
extending away from the wall comprising a facia cover and means for
mounting said cover on the board, said cover comprising a vertical
portion adapted for extending upward from adjacent the floor and
having an integral upper end portion adapted for extending over
said top portion of the board to the wall, said upper end portion
having a longitudinal resilient edge for engaging the wall with a
substantially dust tight fit, and a plurality of integral
longitudinal internal ribs on said cover projecting toward said
board, and said mounting means comprising a plurality of brackets
adapted to be secured upon said top portion of the board, each of
said brackets having a pluralaity of longitudinal slots adapted to
receive in interfitting relation the ribs on said cover, and said
brackets comprising the sole connections between said cover and the
skirting board.
2. The means defined in claim 1, wherein said ribs are adjacent and
parallel and the slots in said brackets are correspondingly
located.
3. The means defined in claim 2, wherein said ribs are formed on
the inner side of said upper end portion of the cover, and the
slots in said brackets are correspondingly located.
4. The means defined in claim 2, wherein said ribs are formed on
the inner side of the vertical portion of said cover, and the slots
in said brackets are correspondingly located.
5. The means defined in claim 1, wherein said ribs are formed
respectively on said upper end portion and said vertical portion of
the cover and extend at right angles to each other, and said slots
in the brackets are correspondingly located.
6. The means defined in claim 1, wherein wire holding clips are
mounted on the brackets for holding wiring extending through the
space between the cover and board.
Description
This invention relates to improvements in facia covers of the kind
adapted to be applied over an existing skirting board to house and
conceal electric wiring and the like.
The object of the invention is to provide a facia cover for
skirting boards which is readily removable during decorating a room
and for the installation, removal and inspection of electric wiring
for power plugs and other electric fittings.
According to the invention a facia covering of the kind referred to
comprises a facia cover to enclose or replace an existing skirting
board and a bracket or brackets for affixing to the skirting board
or to a wall, a cavity being provided within the facia cover to
house electric wiring.
The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying
drawings:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a facia cover;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of a skirting board with
a facia cover applied thereto;
OF FIG. 3 is a vertical section on line 3--3 FIG. 2;
FIGS. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are perspective views of portions of a
skirting board with further forms of facia covers applied thereto;
and
FIG. 9 is an enlarged elevation of part of a facia cover notched
for severing by application to skirting boards of different
heights.
A facia cover A as shown in FIGS. 1-3 is formed with a face a the
upper portion a.sup.1 of which is inclined rearwardly to extend
over the top of an existing skirting board B. The extreme upper
edge of the upper portion a.sup.1 is bent down to form a flange
a.sup.2 to lie substantially parallel with the face a.
A bracket C or brackets is/are affixed to the top of the skirting
board B behind which the flange a.sup.2 is inserted to retain the
facia cover in position.
Clips c are affixed to the base of the bracket C to secure electric
wiring c.sup.1 in position in the cavity formed between the
skirting board B and the facia cover A. The adjoining ends of the
cover A at a corner are chamfered or metered to form a joint as
shown in FIG. 2 and are formed with a cut-away portion C.sup.3 for
the passage of the wiring to a wall socket and wall plug
c.sup.3.
Alternatively the facia cover A may be formed as shown in FIG. 4
with downwardly extending ribs a.sup.3 on the under surface of the
upper portion a.sup.1 to engage slots c.sup.4 in the upper surface
of the brackets C to retain the cover in position, and with a
resilient or feather edge a.sup.4 engaging the wall to prevent dust
from entering the cavity below the cover.
In FIG. 5 face a has generally horizontal ribs a.sup.5 projecting
internally into slots c.sup.4 formed in the front sides of brackets
C. In FIG. 6 the face a is provided with an internal rib a.sup.5
and the upper portion with internal downwardly projecting ribs
a.sup.3 to engage respectively with slots c.sup.4 formed in the
brackets C.
FIGS. 7 and 8 show further forms of the upper portion a.sup.1 and
of the slotted brackets c, the rearmost rib a.sup.3 in FIG. 7
engaging behind inclined flange c.sup.5 on the bracket C instead of
into a slot as in FIG. 6. FIG. 8 shows single 90.degree. apart
internal ribs a.sup.3 and a.sup.5 projecting into the bracket
slots. The ribs a.sup.3 and a.sup.5 may be provided with a beaded
edges to spring into the bracket slots (FIGS. 6 and 8).
The face a of the cover A may be formed with grooves a.sup.6
extending longitudinally thereof as shown in FIG. 9 in order to
accommodate the height of the cover A as required to the existing
skirting B by cutting the face along the appropriate groove.
The facia cover A and brackets C may be of metal or of a plastics
material such as p.v.c. and produces an attractive aesthetic
appearance in a room.
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