Patent ID: 6837020

Claim:
A method of forming and applying an elongated horizontal transitional trim product comprising: a) forming an elongated molded, horizontally-positioned 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 providing in its cross-sectional profile a plurality of interconnected, continuous surfaces, including both flat and curved, vertical and horizontal surfaces; b) fixedly securing said molded horizontally-positioned stiffening block directly to a flat, vertical surface of said building; c) forming an elongated, horizontal 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 bring 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; and d) mounting said sheet 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.