Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – In situ attached-type channel or trim strip – With separate means attaching to substructure
Reexamination Certificate
1999-03-04
2001-03-20
Friedman, Carl D. (Department: 3635)
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
In situ attached-type channel or trim strip
With separate means attaching to substructure
C052S212000, C052S287100, C052S288100, C052S716100, C052S717010, C174S0450TD
Reexamination Certificate
active
06202380
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to baseboard molding systems and more particularly pertains to a new baseboard molding with passage for running electrical conduit therethrough for running electrical conduit such as cable wires, stereo wires, and computer wires along a wall structure behind a baseboard molding.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of baseboard molding systems is known in the prior art. More specifically, baseboard molding systems heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 2,175,144 by Davison; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 354,733 by Ingraham; U.S. Pat. No. 4,423,284 by Kaplan; U.S. Pat. No. 4,534,147 by Cristell; U.S. Pat. No. 4,037,900 by Schmidger; and U.S. Pat. No. 1,984,355 by Abbott.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new baseboard molding with passage for running electrical conduit therethrough. The inventive device includes a top piece and a bottom piece. The top piece has a longitudinal tongue ridge downwardly extending from a bottom face of the top piece. A bottom piece has a top, a bottom, front and back faces extending between the top and bottom of the bottom piece, and upper and lower portions. The top of the bottom piece has a spaced apart front and back extents upwardly extending therefrom which define a longitudinal groove therebetween. The tongue ridge of the top piece is inserted into the longitudinal groove of the bottom piece. The upper and lower portions of the bottom piece forming a lower shoulder therebetween on the back face of the bottom piece. The lower shoulder of the bottom piece and the bottom face of the top piece define a rear conduit channel therebetween extending along the back face of the bottom piece. The lower portion of the bottom piece has at least one access channel in the back face of the bottom piece and extending between the rear conduit channel and the bottom of the bottom piece.
In these respects, the baseboard molding with passage for running electrical conduit therethrough according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of running electrical conduit such as cable wires, stereo wires, and computer wires along a wall structure behind a baseboard molding.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of baseboard molding systems now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new baseboard molding with passage for running electrical conduit therethrough construction wherein the same can be utilized for running electrical conduit such as cable wires, stereo wires, and computer wires along a wall structure behind a baseboard molding.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new baseboard molding with passage for running electrical conduit therethrough apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the baseboard molding systems mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new baseboard molding with passage for running electrical conduit therethrough which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art baseboard molding systems, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a top piece and a bottom piece. The top piece has a longitudinal tongue ridge downwardly extending from a bottom face of the top piece. A bottom piece has a top, a bottom, front and back faces extending between the top and bottom of the bottom piece, and upper and lower portions. The top of the bottom piece has a spaced apart front and back extents upwardly extending therefrom which define a longitudinal groove therebetween. The tongue ridge of the top piece is inserted into the longitudinal groove of the bottom piece. The upper and lower portions of the bottom piece forming a lower shoulder therebetween on the back face of the bottom piece. The lower shoulder of the bottom piece and the bottom face of the top piece define a rear conduit channel therebetween extending along the back face of the bottom piece. The lower portion of the bottom piece has at least one access channel in the back face of the bottom piece and extending between the rear conduit channel and the bottom of the bottom piece.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new baseboard molding with passage for running electrical conduit therethrough apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the baseboard molding systems mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new baseboard molding with passage for running electrical conduit therethrough which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art baseboard molding systems, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new baseboard molding with passage for running electrical conduit therethrough which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new baseboard molding with passage for running electrical conduit therethrough which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new baseboard molding with passage for running electrical conduit therethrough which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such baseboard molding with passage for running electric
Larson Douglas J.
Trutwin James J.
Friedman Carl D.
Horton Yvonne M.
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