US1845603A - Corner cove - Google Patents

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Feb. 16, 1932. E, HUNTLEY 1,845,603

CORNER COVE Filed Aug. 21, 1951 Patented Feb. 16, 1932 UNETEE STATEfi CHARLES E. HUNTLEY, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA comma oovn' Application filed. August 21, 1931. Serial no.55a45s.

My invention provides a self-anchoring, self-container, self-adjusting corner cove, especially adapted for use in the corners of stairways but adapted, nevertheless, for more general application as a filler for rectangular or approximately rectangular corners. The device is self-contained in that it is a complete device adapted to be made at the factory ready for application; it is selfanchoring in that when pressed into a corner it will automatically anchor itself in position; and it is self-adjustable in that it will automatically fit itself to corners that deviate considerably from true rectangular formation.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a part of a stairway with the improved corner coves applied in the corners thereof;

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. l; and

Fig. 3 is an oblique section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

The corner cove comprises three elements, to wit: a shield 4, an anchor 5, and a stem 6 that connects the central portions of the said elements 4 and 5. Said elements 4 and 5 are preferably rigidly connected to the stem 6 by small screws 7 The shield 4 is made from quite thin spring sheet metal preferably of brass and is in the form of a three-pointed star, that is it is approximately triangular but is formed with concave edges so that when pressed into the corner it will be given a concavo-convex form with its concave surface exposed.

The anchor 5 is also of spring sheet metal, such as sheet brass or sheet steel and is in the form of a three-pointed star and is provided with three projecting anchoring arms or prongs for engagement one with each face of the angular corner. Obviously, all corners necessarily have three faces and hence the three sided or pointed arrangement of the shield 4 as well as of the anchor 5. Of course, the anchor 5 goes farther into the corner than the shield and must be correspondingly smaller and it is so spaced from the shield by the stem 6 that when said anchor is pressed into the corner and into the concavo-convex form with convex side outward, it will bite into and grip the wood of the corner of the stairway structure and firmly resist all outward pullingaction. Moreover, the stem 6 is of such length that the shield will be sprung into complete engagement with the three walls or faces of the corner at the same time that the anchor is given its firm grip on the wood work of the corner. The flexibility of the shield adapts it to fit the faces of the cor ner even if the corner is considerably out of true rectangular formation. In actual practice, it has been found that when this corner cove is pressed into position, as shown in the drawings, the anchor will so securely fit the same that it will not be accidentally removed and in fact can be removed only with great difficulty by the use of proper tools and then usually only by doing considerable damage to the shield.

For some jobs it is very desirable that the cove should match the wood work. I have found that I can provide this matching by adhesively securing to the face of the flexible shield 4 a thin veneer 8 of wood or other material, stain painted or otherwise treated to match the wood work. This veneer, when used, may be applied to the shield after the shield has been secured to the stem 6 by the screw 7 or the like so that said veneer covers the screw and affords an unbroken finished surface in the corner cove.

The resilience of the anchor 5 is such that in anchoring the same to the wood work it may be forced somewhat different distances from the extreme corner and will still maintain its grip and thereby permit the shield always to be tightly pressed in position in complete engagement with the three faces of the corner.

From what has been said it is evident that the complete device described is capable of being manufactured in a self-contained form at a factory ready for application in working position in a corner simply by pressing the same into the corner. While especially adapted for use in the corners of stairways,

the improved corner cove may nevertheless be used in various different corners and generally in corners requiring a filler to prevent lodgment and accumulation of dirt.

From the foregoing, it is evident that the device described is capable of modification within the scope of the invention herein disclosed and claimed.

hat I claim is:

1. A corner cove comprising a resilient three-sided shield a stem projecting from the central portion of the back of said shield, and a resilient anchor applied to the projecting end of said stem and having projections for engagement one with each of the three faces of the corner to anchor said shield when pressed to position.

2. The structure defined in claim 1 in which said shield is secured to said stem by a screw and in further combination with a finishing veneer applied to the exposed face of said shield and covering the head of said screW.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CHARLES E. HUNTLEY.

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