Patent ID: 6219980
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
A decorative quick-assembly corner guard for protecting a vertical corner formed by intersecting walls, including(A) an elongated extruded retainer having, in cross section,(i) intersecting back wall portions adapted to engage recessed wall portions forming a corner region to be protected;(ii) end wall portions extending outwardly from the opposite ends of said back wall portions, said end wall portions being substantially equal to the depth of the corner recess;(iii) panel locating projections extending from said back wall portions and from said end wall portions;(iv) a first locking means at the intersection of said back wall portions;(B) (i) decorative bumper panels generally supported in said retainer between said end wall portions and said first locking means and in engagement with said locating projections;(ii) said bumper panels having recesses formed therein adapted to receive said locating projections and to facilitate lateral sliding insertion of said panels into said extruded retainer;(C) (i) an extruded, elongated locking rail having a spine, a second locking means, and a pair of flexible biasing wings projecting inwardly from an inner surface of said spine proximate to the ends thereof;(ii) said second locking means being adapted to engage said first locking means and to secure the locking rail thereto;(iii) the biasing wings engaging inner side walls of the bumper panels to hold them in place and to urge them laterally toward the retainer end walls;(iv) the spine also engaging and securing surfaces of the bumper panels; and(v) a co-extruded impact cushioning strip supported by an outer surface of said spine and exposed between said decorative bumper panels.