Patent ID: 6860072

Claim:
An arched casing apparatus for surrounding an arched building opening, comprising: a pair of upright casing members for securing to the wall on each side of an opening; an arched casing head having opposite ends for securing to the upper ends of the upright casing members and extending over the wall surface at the top of an arched building opening, the casing head having a curved upper edge; and an arched filler member for installing on top of the arched casing head, the arched filler member having a lower edge of curvature matching that of the curved upper edge of the arched casing head, an upper edge, a central region, and opposite side edges, and the height of the filler member at the outer side edges being greater than the height at the central region, whereby the filler member will substantially cover any underlying, unpainted drywall regions exposed by removal of a previously installed rectangular casing for a rectangular opening.