Patent ID: 8887460

Claim:
A crown molding for installation at or near the top of a vertical wall, to be attached either directly to the wall surface or to a substantially vertical surface connected to the vertical wall, said molding having a unitary construction and a cross section comprising: a) a vertical mounting surface for engaging the wall or vertical surface; b) an attachment surface adapted for securing the unitary molding to the wall or vertical surface at an attachment point with the vertical mounting surface engaged with the wall or vertical surface, said attachment surface being the only surface on the molding cross section by which the molding is secured to the wall or vertical surface, and said attachment point defining a pivot point; c) a decorative face facing outwardly in a single direction and oriented opposite from the vertical mounting surface and attachment surface, the entirety of which decorative face is facing outwardly away from the wall or vertical surface when the vertical mounting surface is engaged with the wall or vertical surface and attachment surface, said molding having a structural rigidity such that the angle and position of the decorative face relative to the vertical mounting surface is maintained; d) said attachment surface only being accessible from above the decorative face of said unitary molding when the molding is engaged with the wall or vertical surface, and when secured to the wall or vertical surface at the attachment point the unitary molding having a center of mass located at a lower position on the molding cross section than the attachment point, resulting in the portion of the molding below the pivot point being continually urged in the direction of the wall or vertical surface.