Patent ID: 6360503
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
A drywall-trimming accessory molded from a polymeric material and having a flange, which has an outer surface and an inner surface, the flange being adapted in an intended use to cover an edge portion of a drywall panel with the inner surface nearer the edge portion of the drywall panel and to have a fastener driven through the flange, the flange having a mosaic of break-away panes, each pane being defined by grooves formed in at least one of the outer and inner surfaces, or by apertures extending through the flange and by grooves formed in at least one of the outer and inner surfaces, each pane being defined by precisely two said apertures, which are elongate, and by precisely two said grooves, which are elongate, each pane being adapted to break away from the flange, along at least one of the grooves defining said pane, if said pane is struck by a fastener being driven through the flange.