Patent ID: 7958685
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: E04F,F21V,H02G

Abstract:
1. A crown molding system comprising: a base piece including a rise portion and a run portion connected via a hinge, the run portion of the base piece including a first base piece engagement portion along at least a portion of a length of a front edge of the run portion, and the rise portion of the base piece including a second base piece engagement portion along at least a portion of a length of a bottom edge of the rise portion; a crown piece including a decorative surface and a first crown engagement portion along at least a portion of a length of a top edge of the crown piece and a second crown engagement device along at least a portion of a length of a bottom edge of the crown piece; wherein at least the rise portion of the base piece is mounted on a wall and the run portion is rotated about an axis passing through the hinge to an angle substantially perpendicular to the rise portion and the wall and the crown piece is selectively removably engageable with the base piece via engagement of the first base engagement portion with the first crown engagement portion and engagement of the second base engagement portion with the second crown engagement portion; and wherein the hinge includes a pair of angled faces, such that when the rise and run portions of the base piece are rotated to a substantially 90-degree angle the pair of angled faces of the hinge are in abutting relationship.