Patent ID: 8789316

Claim:
A waterproof flashing used to join first and second wall members, the first wall member being disposed substantially vertically and ending in a first peripheral substantially horizontally oriented edge, the second wall member being disposed substantially vertically and ending in a second peripheral substantially horizontally oriented edge, the first and second peripheral edges facing each other in substantial registry and forming a space therebetween, the flashing comprising: a Z-shaped flashing member at least partially sandwiched between the first and second peripheral edges, the flashing member comprised of a first, substantially horizontally disposed, section extending in the space between the first and second peripheral edges, the first section having a thickness; a second, upstanding, section which is attached to the first section along a distal edge of the first section and extending substantially vertically upwardly behind at least a portion of the second wall member when installed; a third, downwardly depending, section which is attached to the first section along a proximal edge of the first section and extending substantially downwardly in front of at least a portion of the first wall member when installed; the first and second peripheral edges being spaced from each other by no more than substantially the thickness of the first section of the flashing member; a resilient sealing agent disposed in and substantially filling the space between the first and second peripheral edges and at least partially encapsulating the first section; a row of tile applied over a projected area defined by the space when viewed in elevation.