Patent ID: 7036282

Claim:
An elongated horizontal transitional trim product comprising: a) an elongated, molded, horizontally-positionable stiffening block, comprising: i) a flat, vertical back surface; ii) a flat, horizontal top surface; iii) a flat, horizontal bottom surface; and iv) a front surface extending between an outer edge proximate said top surface and an outer edge proximate said bottom surface, and having a cross-sectional profile wherein a plurality of interconnected, continuous surfaces, include both flat and curved, vertical and horizontal surfaces; b) wherein the stiffening block is capable of being secured directly to a flat, vertical surface of a building; and c) an elongated, horizontally positionable deformable metallic sheet terminating in respective upper and lower end sections located above and below a central section and characterized by said central section providing, in its cross-sectional profile, a plurality of interconnected, continuous surfaces, which mate and snugly fit with the cross-sectional profile of said stiffening block, said central, upper, and lower end sections being shaped so as to enable said sheet, prior to installation of other support means, to be installed on, supported by, and closely fitted to said stiffening block; d) wherein the metallic sheet is capable of being mounted onto said stiffening block by utilizing the shape of said central, upper, and lower end sections of said sheet to support and maintain said sheet on said stiffening block prior to installation of other support means.