Patent ID: 7670670

Claim:
An integral surface-covering system for covering a surface, comprising: a substantially rectangular front component formed from a quarried material and consisting of a planar portion having a uniform first thickness and defining four edges, the planar portion having an under surface, and a second portion adhered to the under surface of the planar portion along one of the four edges without forming a joint on an upper surface of the front component, thereby forming a thickened edge, and wherein the thickened edge has a second thickness, and further wherein the second portion does not obscure any of the four edges of the planar portion; a substantially rectangular outside corner component formed from a quarried material and consisting of a substantially planar portion having the uniform first thickness and defining four edges, the planar portion having an under surface, and a second portion adhered to the under surface of the planar portion along adjacent two of the four edges without forming a joint on an upper surface of the outside corner component, thereby forming first and second thickened edges having the second thickness; and an inside corner component formed from a quarried material and consisting of a planar portion having the uniform first thickness and defining four rectangularly arranged edges and a fifth edge intersecting two of the four rectangularly arranged edges at an angle of about 135 degrees, the planar portion having an under surface, and a second portion adhered to the under surface of the planar portion along one of the five edges without forming a joint on an upper surface of the inside corner component, thereby forming a thickened edge, and wherein the thickened edge has the second thickness; and a substantially rectangular planar component formed from a quarried material having the uniform first thickness; wherein the first thickness is about ⅜ inch and the second thickness is about 1-½ inches; and further wherein the second portions of the front component, outside corner component and inside corner component are flush with the associated edge of the corresponding planar portion.