Seam cover system for crown molding installations

Abstract

By providing a plurality of support brackets which are quickly and easily mounted to any desired surface and are constructed for receiving and supportingly retaining elongated, lineal crown molding strips, inside and outside corner seam covers, and lineal seam covers, each of which are formed from a wide variety of decorative and visually distinctive appearances, a cornice or crown molding system is achieved which is capable of being quickly and easily installed in any desired location by any unskilled individual, without requiring the use of mitered corners, abutting junctures, nails, adhesives, and the like. By employing a combination of the components of the present invention, any desired location can be quickly and easily decorated with a completely installed molding system for enhancing the visual and aesthetic appeal of any room or building.

1 . A decorative molding system constructed for being quickly and easily mounted in position in complementary association with elongated, longitudinally extending, decorative lineal molding strips mounted to the walls of a room, said system comprising:
 A. a corner seam cover comprising
 a) a unitary, pre-formed member constructed for effectively covering and visually completing the corner construction for the lineal molding strips, 
 b) having an inside surface and a decorative outside surface constructed for complementing the decorative surface of the lineal molding strips, and 
 c) incorporating a pair of plates or ribs mounted to the inside surface thereof in juxtaposed, spaced, parallel relationship to each other and defining a mounting slot formed therebetween; and 
   B. a corner mountable bracket member
 a) constructed for being quickly and easily securely affixed to the walls of a corner of the room, and 
 b) incorporating forwardly facing mounting posts extending therefrom, said mounting posts being constructed for entry into the mounting slot of the corner cover for enabling the plates or ribs of the corner cover to be securely affixed to the mounting posts by frictional interengagement therewith, thereby enabling the corner cover to be securely mounted in the precisely desired position with the bracket member both quickly and easily. 
   
   
   
       2 . The decorative molding system defined in  claim 1 , wherein the corner seam cover comprises side edges constructed for overlapping the terminating ends of the lineal molding strips associated therewith, thereby seaming the visibility of the terminating end of the lineal molding strips and eliminating any unsightly gaps. 
   
   
       3 . The decorative molding system defined in  claim 1 , wherein the corner mountable bracket member is further defined as comprising a substantially flat, top-forming plate and a supporting plate assembly extending from said top-forming plate at right angles thereto, and said two mounting posts extending from the supporting plate assembly in juxtaposed, spaced, substantially parallel relationship to each other. 
   
   
       4 . The decorative molding system defined in  claim 3 , wherein each of the mounting posts incorporate terminating ends dimensioned for being inserted into the mounting slot of the corner seam cover and frictionally engaging the side surfaces of the ribs/plates mounted to the corner seam cover. 
   
   
       5 . The decorative molding system defined in  claim 4 , wherein the mounting posts are further defined as comprising sloping flanges formed on the side edges of the terminating ends thereof with said flanges extending outwardly therefrom for contacting and frictionally engaging the side surfaces of the ribs/plates. 
   
   
       6 . The decorative molding system defined in  claim 3 , wherein the two mounting posts are further defined as extending from the supporting plate assembly at an angle of about 45°. 
   
   
       7 . The decorative molding system defined in  claim 3 , wherein said corner mountable bracket member further comprises a pair of arm members extending from opposed sides of the supporting plate assembly with each of said arm members incorporating a screw receiving aperture formed therein. 
   
   
       8 . The decorative molding system defined in  claim 3 , wherein the top forming plate further comprises depending flat surfaces formed on the side edges thereof and positioned for abutting contact with the terminating ends of the elongated molding strips. 
   
   
       9 . The decorative molding system defined in  claim 3 , wherein the corner mountable bracket is further defined as being constructed for mounting to an inside corner. 
   
   
       10 . The decorative molding system defined in  claim 3 , wherein the corner mountable bracket is further defined as being constructed for mounting to an outside corner. 
   
   
       11 . The decorative molding system defined in  claim 1 , wherein the corner seam cover is further defined as comprising two panel members mounted at right angles to each other for forming the desired corner cover in a single, unitary, preformed construction. 
   
   
       12 . The decorative molding system defined in  claim 11 , wherein the corner seam cover is further defined as being constructed for mounting to an inside corner. 
   
   
       13 . The decorative molding system defined in  claim 11 , wherein the corner seam cover is further defined as being constructed for mounting to an outside corner. 
   
   
       14 . The decorative molding system defined in  claim 1 , wherein said corner seam cover is further defined as being constructed from molded, closed cell polymer materials. 
   
   
       15 . The decorative molding system defined in  claim 14 , wherein said closed cell polymer material is further defined as comprising polyurethane. 
   
   
       16 . A decorative molding system constructed for being quickly and easily mounted in position in complementary association with elongated, longitudinally extending, decorative lineal molding strips mounted to the walls of a room wherein two or more decorative molding strips are required for extending the entire width of the room, said system comprising:
 A. a lineal molding seam cover comprising
 a) a unitary, preformed member constructed for effectively covering and visually obscuring adjacent terminating ends of the decorative lineal molding strips and visually completing the construction of the lineal molding strips, 
 b) having an inside surface and a decorative outside surface constructed for complementing the decorative surface of the lineal molding strips, and 
 c) incorporating a mounting base formed on the inside surface thereof with said base incorporating mounting slots formed at opposed end thereof; 
   B. a lineal bracket comprising:
 a) two intersecting plate members formed at right angles to each other with one of said plate members incorporating a screw receiving aperture formed therein for enabling screw means to be inserted therein for mounting said lineal bracket to a wall, and 
 b) flange members extending outwardly from the terminating end of each plate member with each flange member incorporating barb elements extending outwardly from the side surfaces of thereof, with said flange members and barb elements being constructed for sliding, mounted, and secure locking interengagement in the slots of the mounting base of the lineal mounting seam cover, 
   
     whereby the lineal mounting seam cover is quickly and easily securely affixed to the lineal bracket by merely engaging the mounting slots thereof with the terminating ends of the lineal bracket. 
   
   
       17 . The decorative molding system defined in  claim 16 , wherein said lineal molding seam cover is further defined as comprising side edges which are constructed for extending beyond and effectively covering and visually seaming the terminating ends of the lineal molding strips mounted to the wall, thereby preventing the creation of any unsightly gap or aperture between adjacent lineal molding strips.