Patent ID: 8607516
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. A process for installing prefabricated decorative quoins to existing corners and walls of a building structure, the steps comprising: fabricating a plurality of quoins, each comprising first and second quoin panels angularly disposed relative to each other and connected along a common edge, each of the plurality of quoins having a right-angled recess extending from the common edge on an inner surface thereof, wherein the first quoin panel extending from the common edge has a length greater than a length of the second quoin panel extending from the common edge, and wherein the recess does not extend the length of both the first and second quoin panels from the common edge; attaching a true edge column to a corner formed between adjacent first and second walls of the building structure, the true edge column comprising two column panels perpendicularly disposed relative to each other along a common column edge and providing a straight corner on an exterior surface of the true edge column, a first panel of the true edge column disposed over the first wall and a second panel of the true edge column disposed over the second wall, wherein the first and second panels of the true edge column are sized to fit within the recess of each of the plurality of quoins, the true edge column having a longitudinal length approximately the height of a portion of the building structure to which the plurality of quoins are to be installed; attaching the plurality of quoins in stacked relation over and to the true edge column, such that the straight corner of the first and second panels of the true edge column are disposed within the recess of each of the plurality of quoins and the true edge column does not extend beyond the recess; and alternating orientations of the stacked plurality of quoins, such that the first quoin panel of each of the plurality of quoins is stacked adjacent to the second quoin panel of another of the plurality of quoin panels.