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    • 专利摘要:
    A trim member (200) is arranged over a joint area between a wall board (300) and an adjoining structure, e.g. a floor. At least one mounting clamp (100) is attached around an edge side. (310) of the wall board (300) so that the free ends of first and second legs (111, 112) of the at least one mounting clamp (100) point away from the edge side (310), the first leg (111) being located on a back side of the wall board (300) and the second leg (112) being located on a front side of the wall board (300). The wall board (300) is then mounted to the adjoining structure along the edge side. The trim member (200) has a groove (212) extending in the length dimension along the trim member, and the groove (212) has an opening (215) configured to receive the second leg (112) of the at least one mounting clamp (100) so as to hold the trim member (200) against the at least one wall board (300) and cover the joint area.(Fig. 3)
    公开号:SE1550762A1
    申请号:SE1550762
    申请日:2015-06-09
    公开日:2016-12-10
    发明作者:Svensson Caroline
    申请人:Frau Lindberg Ab；
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    专利说明:

    Wall Trimming System and MethodBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION AND PRIOR ARTThe present invention relates generally to solutions for coveringthe joints between an inner wall and an adjoining structure in aroom. Thus, the invention is useful when applying for exampleskirting boards along inner floors and ceilings. ln particular, theinvention concerns a wall trimming system according to the pre-amble of claim 1 and a method for applying a trim member ac-cording to the preamble of claim 10.
    Today, various solutions exist for attaching trimmings along thelower and/or upper edges of an inner wall. Normally, a construc-tion worker here adapts a wooden strip onsite and manuallynails, screws or glues the strip to the wall so that it covers thejoint area. However, different systems of prefabricated modulesare also known.
    For example, JP-59-165783 discloses a solution wherein a rail isfastened to the floor. Then, wall boards are attached to the rail,and a metal-sheet trim member is hooked onto the rail to coverit. However, the trim member does not extend over the wallboard, and thus does not cover the joint between the wall boardand the rail. Moreover, it is relatively complicated to length cus-tomize the trim member of metal onsite.
    US 3,397,495 shows a partition wall with yieldable cap mem-bers. Also here, a rail is fastened to the floor. The rail has a lon-gitudinal channel section on top of which a wall board is placed.As a result, the wall board is separated somewhat from the floorlevel. After attaching the wall board to the rail, a skirting boardis screwed onto the wall board, so that the skirting board coversboth a joint area between the wall board and the channel sectionand a joint area between the channel section and the floor. Suchscrew attachment, however, is time consuming and may causeugly discontinuities in the outer surface of the skirting board.
    US 1,981,24O describes a wall construction, wherein a wallboard is attached to a rai| on the floor, and metal trim plates arefitted along the floor to cover the rai| and a lower part of the wallboard. The metal trim plates are held in place by spring fingerson the back side of the metal trim plates and upwardly extendingflanges connected to the rai|. Thereby, screw attachment can beavoided. Nevertheless, the upwardly extending flanges are vi-sible, and it is difficult to length customize the metal trim platesonsüe.
    NL 8500553 shows an extruded l-shaped rai| having a lowerflange with downward protruding frames which overlaps andgrips the top of the partition wall. lts upper flange has outer andcentral ribs. Between the ribs are pieces of double-sided adhe-sive tape which secure the rai| to the ceiling. On either side ofthe central strut of the rai| are channels, covered by snap-insealing strips. l/Iain cables can be arranged to run along thechannels, branching down through square apertures and shaftsin the wall to the switches, sockets, etc. This may provide a neatinstallation of electric circuits. However, it is a relatively expen-sive and complicated system for covering a joint area between awall and the ceiling.
    PROBLEIVIS ASSOCIATED WTIH THE PRIOR ARTHence, a problem remains regarding how to combine a time andcost-efficient covering of a joint area between an inner wall andan adjoining structure with an aesthetically appealing end result.
    SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe object of the present invention is therefore to provide a so-lution through which such a joint area can be covered in anuncomplicated and cost efficient manner without risking the oc-currence of any dents or other undesired alteration of the trimmembers resulting from the fastening means there for.
    According to a first aspect of the invention, the object is achie-ved by the wall trimming system described initially, wherein atleast one mounting clamp is included, which has first and se-cond legs configured to be clamped around an edge side of thewall board. When wall board is mounted against the adjoiningstructure, the edge side extends along the joint area. The edgeside connects a front side of the wall board with a back side the-reof, which is opposite to the front side. The trim member inclu-des a groove extending in the length dimension along the trimmember. The groove has an opening towards the bottom side ofthe trim member, and the opening is configured to receive thesecond leg of the at least one mounting clamp when the moun-ting clamp is clamped around the edge side, so as to hold thetrim member against the wall board and make the trim membercover the joint area.
    This system is advantageous because it enables covering thejoint area between an inner wall and an adjoining structure (e.g.the floor or the ceiling) in a manner being very efficient both withrespect to time and material consumption. lt is also straightfor-ward to obtain an aesthetically appealing overall result.
    According to one embodiment of this aspect of the invention, thefirst and second legs are parallel to one another; and preferably,the first and second legs are flexibly connected to one anothervia a bridging section that is perpendicular to both legs. There-by, it straightforward to clamp the mounting clamp around theedge side of the wall board. lntroducing the second leg into thegroove of the trim member is also rendered relatively uncomp-licated.
    According to another embodiment of this aspect of the invention,the second leg includes a resilient flange which is configured toengage an inner wall of the groove via friction. This is advanta-geous because thereby the trim member may be held tightlyagainst the wall board and the adjoining structure in a highlysimple manner.
    According to yet another embodiment of this aspect of the inven-tion, the resilient flange is attached to the second leg along aline of attachment. The resilient flange further has a protrudingportion of which a most protruding part is positioned closest tothe bridging section. Thus, on one hand, the second leg will sli-de smoothly into the groove; and on the other hand, once thesecond leg is in place, it will require a relatively strong force toremove the trim member from the mounting clamp.
    According to still another embodiment of this aspect of the in-vention, each of the first and second legs has a flat sectionconfigured to extend along the back and front sides respectivelyof the wall board. Hence, it is rendered straightforward both toclamp the mounting clamp around the edge side, and to insertthe second leg of the mounting clamp into the groove of the trimmember.
    According to a further embodiment of this aspect of the inven-tion, the trim member includes first and second sections, wherethe first section is oriented at a right angle relative to the se-cond section. Consequently, the trim member is configured tocover the joint area between a pair of wall boards, which form aright-angled wall corner.
    According to a first alternative of this embodiment, it is presu-med that the right-angled wall corner is an inner corner. There-fore, the first and second sections are arranged with the proxi-mal side of the first section oriented at an angle of 270 degreesto the proximal side of the second section.
    According to a second alternative of this embodiment, it is ins-tead presumed that the right-angled wall corner is outer corner.Therefore, the first and second sections are arranged with theproximal side of the first section oriented at an angle of 90 de-grees to the proximal side of the second section.
    Such prefabricated corner elements are desirable, since therebysignificant amounts of time can be saved onsite when mountingthe trim members in a room. Further, it possible to accomplishvery appealing joints between the first and second legs.
    According to a second aspect of the invention, the object is at-tained by the method described initially, wherein at least onemounting clamp is attached to a wall board with first and secondlegs of the mounting clamp clamped around an edge side of thewall board. When the wall board is mounted against the adjoi-ning structure; and the edge side, in turn, extends along thejoint area connecting a front side of the wall board with a backside thereof, which back side is opposite to the front side.Thereafter, and subsequent to having mounted the wall boardagainst the adjoining structure, the method involves pushing theproximal side of the trim member along the front side of the wallboard towards the second leg of the at least one mountingclamp. The trim member contains a groove that extends in thelength dimension of the trim member. The groove has anopening towards the bottom side, and the opening is configuredto receive the second leg. Consequently, pushing the proximalside of the trim member towards the second leg results in thesecond leg being introduced into the groove, and the pushingcontinues until a portion of the second leg has engaged by fric-tion into an inner wall of the groove. Hence, the trim member isheld tightly against the wall board and the adjoining structure.This method is advantageous because the trim member canattached in highly simple manner and efficient manner.
    SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGSThe present invention will now be explained in further detailthrough embodiments, which are described as examples, andwith reference to the attached drawings.
    Figure1 shows a proposed mounting clamp according toone embodiment of the invention;Figure 2 shows a proposed trim member according to oneembodiment of the invention;Figure 3 illustrates how the proposed trim member is atta-ched to a wall board via the proposed mountingclamp;Figure 4 shows a part of a room in which trim members areattached along the floor in an inner corner accor-ding to one embodiment of the invention;Figure 5 shows a first two-legged trim member according toone embodiment of the invention, which first two-legged trim member is configured to be attachedin an inner corner of a wall;Figure 6 shows a second two-legged trim member accor-ding to one embodiment of the invention, whichsecond two-legged trim member is configured tobe attached around an outer corner of a wall;Figure 7 shows a part of a room in which trim members areattached along the floor around an outer corneraccording to one embodiment of the invention;Figure 8 shows a part of a room in which trim members areattached along the ceiling in an inner corner ac-cording to one embodiment of the invention; andFigure 9 shows flow diagram over the general method ac-cording to the invention for applying a trim mem-ber to cover a joint area between a wall board andan adjoining structure.
    PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTIONlnitially, we refer to Figures 1, 2 and 3, where Figure 1 shows amounting clamp 100 according to one embodiment of the inven-tion, Figure 2 shows a trim member 200 according to one em-bodiment of the invention, and Figure 3 illustrates how the trimmember 200 is attached to a wall board 300 via the mountingclamp 100.ln combination, the trim member 200 and at least one mountingclamp 100 form a wall trimming system, which is configured tocover a joint area between the wall board 300 and another struc-ture in a room, e.g. a floor or a ceiling, that adjoins the wallboard 300. The wall board 300, in turn, may either form a part ofa wall section (i.e. a structure further containing structuralbeams, insulation, and various kinds of other boards), or the wallboard 300 itself may constitute a wall section (e.g. a partitionwall in an office space). ln the latter case, another trim member200 is preferably mounted on the opposite side of the wall board300 as well. To this aim, at least one additional mounting clamp100 may be attached to the wall board, which at least oneadditional mounting clamp 100 is rotated 180 degrees around thecross section of the wall board 300 relative to the mountingclamp 100 represented in Figure 3 (i.e. a mirrored version of themounting clamp 100 shown)The trim member 200 has the general shape of an extended cu-boid (or a parallelepiped), which has a proximal side PS, a distalside DS, a top side TS and a bottom side BS respectively thatare all adapted to extend in a length dimension in parallel withthe joint area. The proximal side PS is configured to facetowards a front side 312 (i.e. the “pretty side”) of the wall board300, while the distal side DS is configured to face away from thefront side 312 (i.e.be shown to the room). The bottom side BS isconfigured to face towards the adjoining structure, for examplethe floor; and the top side TS is configured to face in the generalopposite direction. When mounting a trim member 200 in aroom, a carpenter/construction worker adapts by sawing alength of the trim member 200 to the relevant measure of theroom in which the trim member 200 is to be applied.
    The mounting clamp 100 has first and second legs 111 and 112respectively, which are configured to be clamped around anedge side 310 of the wall board 300. The edge side 310 extendsalong the joint area and connects the front side 312 of the wallboard 300 with a back side 311 thereof, which is opposite to thefront side 312. Preferably, the first and second legs 111 and 112of the mounting clamp 100 are parallel to one another and areflexibly connected to one another via a bridging section 110 thatis perpendicular to each of the first and second legs 111 and112. Thus, when clamped around the edge side 310, a free endof the first leg 111 points away from the edge side 310, andcorrespondingly, a free end of the second leg 112 likewisepoints away from the edge side 310.
    The trim member 200 contains a groove 212 that extends in thelength dimension along the entire trim member 200. Thus, wher-ever one cuts it off, the end cross section of trim member 200remains the same. The groove 212 has an opening 215 towardsthe bottom side BS, which opening 215 is configured to receivethe free end of the second leg 112 of the mounting clamp 100when clamped around the edge side 310. Consequently, as thesecond leg 112 is pushed into the groove 212, the trim member200 will be held tightly against the wall board 300. At the sametime, the trim member 200 covers the joint area between thewall board 300 and the adjoining structure, such as the floor 400depicted in Figures 4 and 7, or the ceiling 800 showed in Figure8. Moreover, to facilitate clamping the mounting clamp 100around the edge side 310, and to simplify mounting of the trimmember 200 onto the mounting clamp 100, each of the first andsecond legs 111 and 112 preferably includes a flat section con-figured to extend along the back and front sides 311 and 312respectively of the at least one wall board 300.
    For improved retaining of the trim member 200, the second leg112 preferably includes a resilient flange 120, which is configu-red to engage an inner wall of the groove 312 via friction. Ac-cording to one embodiment of the invention, the resilient flange120 is attached to the second leg 112 along a line of attachment121, and the resilient flange 120 has a protruding portion poin-ting towards the bridging section 110. ln other words, a mostprotruding part 122 of the resilient flange 120 is positioned clo-sest to the bridging section 110, for instance as illustrated inFigure 1. As a result, the second leg 112 will slide smoothly intothe groove 212 when the trim member 200 is pushed along thefront side 312 of the wall board 300 towards the mounting clamp100. However, once the second leg 112 is in place in the groove212, it will require a relatively strong force to remove the trimmember 200 from the mounting clamp 100.
    Figure 4 shows a part of a room in which trim members 200 and500 are attached along the floor 400 in an inner corner IC of theroom according to one embodiment of the invention. A first two-Iegged trim member 500 is here attached in the inner corner IC,which is represented by a pair of wall boards 300a and 300b.The first two-legged trim member 500 includes first and secondsections 510a and 510b respectively.
    Figure 5 shows the first two-legged trim member 500 in furtherdetail. ln order to be fitted into the inner corner IC and to covera joint area between the wall boards 300a and 300b that formthe right-angled wall corner IC, the first section 510a is orientedat a right angle relative to the second section 510b. Since thetrim member 500 is to be mounted in an inner corner IC, the firstand second sections 510a and 510b of the trim member 500 arearranged with the proximal side PS of the first section 510aoriented at an angle d of 270 degrees to the proximal side PS ofthe second section 510b.
    Figure 6 shows a second two-legged trim member 600 accordingto one embodiment of the invention, which second two-leggedtrim member 600 is configured to be attached around an outercorner OC of a wall 300d and 300c, see Figure 7.
    In order to be fitted around the outer corner OC and to cover ajoint area between the wall boards 300d and 300c forming theright-angled wall corner OC and the floor 400, the first and se-cond sections 610c and 610d are arranged with the proximalside PS of the first section 610c oriented at an angle d of 90degrees to the proximal side PS of the second section 610d.
    Figure 8 shows a part of a room in which trim members 200 and500 instead are attached along the ceiling 800 in an inner cornerIC according to one embodiment of the invention. Here, theexact same design and mounting procedure can be applied asdescribed above with reference to Figures 1 to 4, however whe-re the mounting clamp 100 is clamped around a topmost edgeside of the wall board 300. Additionally, although Figure 8 showsan inner corner IC, the same principle is also true for trim mem-bers applied to a joint area between one or more wall boardsand the ceiling around an outer corner.lt is further preferable if an outer end of at least one of the sec-tions 510a and 510b or 610c and 610d is beveled, such that alikewise beveled adjoining trim member 200 can be linkedsmoothly thereto with a discrete joint.
    To sum up, and with reference to the flow diagram in Figure 9,we will now describe the general method according to the in-vention for applying a trim member 200, 500 or 600 to cover ajoint area between a wall board 300 and an adjoining structure400 or 800.ln a first step 910, at least one mounting clamp 100 is clampedaround an edge side 310 of a wall board 300. The at least onemounting clamp 100 is attached with a first leg 111 thereof loca-ted on a back side 311 of the wall board 300 and a second leg112 located on a front side 312 of the wall board 300, such thata respective free end of each leg 111 and 112 points away fromthe edge side 310.
    Then, in a step 920, the wall board is mounted against a suppor-ting structure (e.g. a floor 400 or a ceiling 800) with the edgeside 310 adjoining the supporting structure, so that the freeends of the first and second leg 111 and 112 respectively alsopoint away from the supporting structure.
    Thereafter, a step 930 follows in which a proximal side of a trimmember is pushed along the front side 312 of the wall board 30011towards the adjoining structure, so that the free end of the se-cond leg 112 is introduced into a groove 212 of the trim member200.
    Subsequently, a step 940 checks if a portion of the second leg112 has engaged by friction into an inner wall of the groove 212.lf so, the procedure ends; and otherwise, the procedure loopsback to step 930 for continued pushing of the trim member 200towards the adjoining structure.
    The invention is not restricted to the described embodiments inthe figures, but may be varied freely within the scope of theclaims.
    权利要求:
    Claims (10)
    [1] 1. A wall trimming system, comprising: a trim member (200, 500, 600) configured to be arrangedto cover a joint area between at least one wall board (300, 300a,300b, 300c, 300d) and an adjoining structure (400, 800), thetrim member having proximal, distal, top and bottom sides (PS,DS, TS, BS) adapted to extend in a length dimension in parallelwith the joint area, the proximal side (PS) facing towards a frontside (312) of the at least one wall board, the distal side (DS) fa-cing away from the front side (312) of the at least one wall boardand the bottom side (BS) facing towards the adjoining structure(400, 800), characterized in that the system comprises at least one mounting clamp (100)having first and second legs (111, 112) configured to be clam-ped around an edge side (310) of the at least one wall boardwhich edge side (310) extends along the joint area and connectsthe front side (312) with a back side (311) of the wall boardwhich back side (311) is opposite to the front side (312), and the trim member (200, 500, 600) comprises a groove (212)extending in the length dimension along the trim member, thegroove (212) having an opening (215) towards the bottom side(BS) which opening is configured to receive the second leg(112) of the at least one mounting clamp (100) clamped aroundthe edge side (310) of the at least one wall board so as to holdthe trim member against the at least one wall board.
    [2] 2. The wall trimming system according to claim 1, wherein thefirst and second legs (111, 112) are parallel to one another.
    [3] 3. The wall trimming system according to claim 2, wherein thefirst and second legs (111, 112) are flexibly connected to oneanother via a bridging section (110) being perpendicular to eachof the first and second legs (111, 112).
    [4] 4. The wall trimming system according to any one of thepreceding claims, wherein the second leg (112) comprises a re- 13 silient flange (120) configured to engage an inner wall of thegroove (312) via friction.
    [5] 5. The wall trimming system according to claim 4 when de-pendent on claim 3, wherein the resilient flange (120) is atta-ched to the second leg (112) along a line of attachment (121),and the resilient flange (120) comprises a protruding portion ofwhich a most protruding part (122) is positioned closest to thebridging section (110).
    [6] 6. The wall trimming system according to any one of claims 2to 5, wherein each of the first and second legs (111, 112) com-prises a flat section configured to extend along the back andfront sides (311, 312) respectively of the at least one wall board(300, 300a, 300b, 300c, 300d).
    [7] 7. The wall trimming system according to any one of the pre-ceding claims, wherein the trim member (500, 600) comprisesfirst and second sections (510a, 510b; 610c, 610d), the firstsection (510a; 610c) being oriented at a right angle relative tothe second section (510b; 610d), and the trim member (500,600) being configured to cover the joint area between a pair ofwall boards (300a, 300b, 300c, 300d) forming a right-angled wallcorner (IC, OC).
    [8] 8. The wall trimming system according to claim 7, wherein theright-angled wall corner is an inner corner (IC) and the first andsecond sections (510a, 510b) are arranged with the proximalside (PS) of the first section (510a) being oriented at an angle(d) of 270 degrees to the proximal side (PS) of the second sec-tion (510b).
    [9] 9. The wall trimming system according to claim 7, wherein theright-angled wall corner is outer corner (OC) and the first andsecond sections (610c, 610d) are arranged with the proximalside (PS) of the first section (610c) being oriented at an angle 14 (d) of 90 degrees to the proximal side (PS) of the second sec-tion (610d).
    [10] 10. A method for applying a trim member (200, 500, 600) tocover a joint area between at least one wall board (300, 300a,300b, 300c, 300d) and an adjoining structure (400, 800), thetrim member having proximal, distal, top and bottom sides (PS,DS, TS, BS) extending in a length dimension of the trim mem-ber, the method comprising: attaching the trim member with the length dimension of thetrim member parallel with the joint area such that the proximalside (PS) faces towards a front side (312) of the at least onewall board, the distal side (DS) faces away from the front side(312) of the at least one wall board and the bottom side (BS)faces towards the adjoining structure (400, 800),characterized by attaching at least one mounting clamp (100) with first andsecond legs (111, 112) thereof clamped around an edge side(310) of the at least one wall board which edge side (310) ex-tends along the joint area and connects the front side (312) witha back side (311) of the wall board (310) which back side (311)is opposite to the front side (312), thereafter, and subsequent tohaving mounted the wall board against the adjoining structure(400, 800), pushing the proximal side (PS) of the trim member (200,500, 600) along the front side (312) of the at least one wallboard (300, 300a, 300b, 300c, 300d) towards the second leg(112) of the at least one mounting clamp (100), the trim member(200, 500, 600) comprising a groove (212) extending in thelength dimension of the trim member, the groove (212) havingan opening (215) towards the bottom side (BS) which opening isconfigured to receive the second leg (112), and said pushingcontinuing until a portion (120) of the second leg (112) hasengaged by friction into an inner wall of the groove (312).
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