Patent ID: 8006441

Claim:
A pultruded trim structure for a building, comprising: a two-piece pultruded fiber reinforced resin construction cornice assembly including: 1) a unitary first trim member having a gutter, a facia, and a soffit; 2) a unitary second trim member having: i. a pultruded frieze, the pultruded frieze being a generally vertical member with a first end portion and a second end portion; the first end portion including a wall that folds back upon itself in a generally serpentine manner, and forms both a rearwardly disposed nailing surface and an integrally formed frieze channel that receives a siding, a brick, or a stone veneering, so that upon fastening the frieze to an underlying surface at the nailing surface, and upon insertion of the siding, the brick, or stone veneering, the fastener is concealed from view; the generally vertical member further including a protrusion, the protrusion including a bulbous convex portion and the protrusion is located proximal to the first end portion and extending away from the wall that folds back upon itself in a generally serpentine manner; and ii. a pultruded crown located above the pultruded frieze and extending at an angle between the pultruded frieze and the unitary first trim member, the pultruded crown includes: 1. a first end portion integrally adjoining the second end portion of the frieze, 2. a second end having a generally U-shaped structure that defines a crown channel into which the unitary first trim member is press-fit, and 3. a central portion between the first end portion and the second end portion, the central portion including a concave region and a generally undulating outer surface contour for simulating an ornate crown molding; and wherein the pultruded construction expands and contracts less than the expansion or contraction of steel over a given temperature range; and further wherein the surface of the pultruded construction is resistant to rot, and is resistant to indentation.