Patent ID: 7914878

Claim:
A wall base member ( 1 ) applied to a wall ( 9 ) having at least one flat portion ( 24 ), said wall base member ( 1 ) comprising: a. an elongated, flexible strip ( 2 ) having a top edge ( 3 ) and a bottom edge ( 4 ), an inner face ( 5 ) and an outer face ( 6 ), and a plurality of pre-scored grooves ( 7 ) in said inner face ( 5 ) running between and substantially perpendicular to said top edge ( 3 ) and said bottom edge ( 4 ), said top edge ( 3 ) and said bottom edge ( 4 ) being substantially parallel; and b. at least one of said pre-scored grooves ( 7 ) is applied adjacent said flat portion ( 24 ) of said wall ( 9 ); c. at least one of said pre-scored grooves ( 7 ) is closed adjacent at least one of said top edge ( 3 ) and said bottom edge ( 4 ) so that said pre-scored groove ( 7 ) is not a channel through said elongated, flexible strip ( 2 ), and said pre-scored groove does not open in said outer face ( 6 ) of said elongated, flexible strip; and d. said wall ( 9 ) includes a corner ( 13 ) having a substantially vertical elongated edge ( 14 ) that projects between two flat portions ( 24 ) of said wall ( 9 ); and e. said first wall base member ( 1 ) is horizontally aligned so that one of said pre-scored grooves ( 7 ) interfaces with said edge ( 14 ) and said wall base member ( 1 ) is bent at said groove ( 7 ) defining a right angle ( 22 ) between portions of said inner face ( 5 ) on either side of said groove ( 7 ), said pre-scored groove ( 7 ) having convergent sides ( 21 ) that meet when applied adjacent said edge ( 14 ).