US 12,258,758 B2
Column cover and methods of manufacture and installation
Mark G. Suchyna, Lancaster, PA (US); Douglas L. Mucher, Buffalo, NY (US); Christopher Vincent, Orem, UT (US); Rosline Christian, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Timothy Briggs, Clinton, MA (US); Cevan Skinner, Orem, UT (US); and Matthew Rapposelli, Conschohocken, PA (US)
Assigned to Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc., Middleburg Heights, OH (US)
Filed by Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc., Middleburg Heights, OH (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/543,797.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/122,353, filed on Dec. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0178142 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. E04C 3/36 (2006.01); E04F 13/073 (2006.01)
CPC E04C 3/36 (2013.01) [E04F 13/0736 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A column cover comprising:
a first portion composed of polymeric material, the first portion comprising:
a first side panel having a first edge and a second edge;
a second side panel having a first edge and a second edge;
a front panel extending between the second edge of the first side panel and the second edge of the second side panel; and
an outer surface having at least one textured contour that replicates a natural building material; and
a second portion composed of polymeric material, the second portion comprising:
a first side panel having a first edge and a second edge, wherein the first side panel of the second portion is substantially coplanar with the first side panel of the first portion;
a second side panel having a first edge and a second edge;
a front panel extending between the second edge of the first side panel and the second edge of the second side panel; and
an outer surface having at least one textured contour that replicates a natural building material,
wherein the first edge of the first side panel of the first portion is spaced apart from the first edge of the first side panel of the second portion such that a gap is defined therebetween configured to at least partially receive a first wall or fence structure,
wherein the column cover is a first column cover further comprising at least one upward extending protrusion projecting from and above a top edge of each of the first portion and the second portion, wherein each upward extending protrusion is configured to be received within corresponding recesses located in a second column cover to couple the first column cover thereto.