Patent ID: 8011139
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: E04F,E06B

Abstract:
1. A prefabricated mantle unit for mating with a horizontal top element of a window surround, comprising: a base having a top, a bottom, a front, and a flat vertical back surface; a top plate having a horizontal top, a bottom, a front, and a back, said top plate extending horizontally forward from the top of the base; a decorative strip having a plurality of staggered surfaces between upper and lower edges and oriented obliquely between the front of the top plate and the bottom of the base, wherein the strip is connected to the bottom of the base and the upper edge is connected to the top plate such that the front of the top plate and the strip together present a decorative face of the mantle; a first channel opening downwardly adjacent the lower edge of the strip; a downward rectangular projection from said base adjacent the first channel; and a nailing flange extending vertically from the top of the base and substantially coplanar with the back surface of the base, whereby the back of the top plate, the top of the base, and the nailing flange form a second channel.