Patent ID: 7406805

Claim:
A step bead consisting of: A) an elongated base having opposed front and rear top and bottom longitudinal edges; B) a first rear vertical flange extending upwardly from said top rear longitudinal edge; C) a second rear longitudinal and vertical flange extending downward from said bottom rear longitudinal edge; D) a first front longitudinal vertical flange extending upward from said top front longitudinal edge, generally parallel to said first rear vertical flange and having a first end proximate said top front longitudinal edge and a distal end; E) a first longitudinal horizontal flange having a first end proximate said distal end and a second end remote from said distal end and extending from said distal end generally parallel to said base and away from said first rear vertical flange; F) a second bottom vertical flange extending upwardly and downwardly from said second end and having a first top vertical flange end; and G) a second longitudinal horizontal flange extending inwardly from said first top vertical flange end toward said first longitudinal vertical rear flange but not to said distal end.