US 12,129,666 B2
Custom decorative articles and systems, apparatus, and method for providing the same
Jacob Daniel Altarkawi, Cartersville, GA (US); Thomas Odum, Tunnel Hill, GA (US); Katelyn Marianetti, Smyrna, GA (US); and Anthony Patrick Raymond Hohol, Rocky Face, GA (US)
Assigned to Shaw Industries Group, Inc., Dalton, GA (US)
Appl. No. 18/569,884
Filed by SHAW INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC., Dalton, GA (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 6, 2023, PCT No. PCT/US2023/024580
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 13, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/239722, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 14, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/349,444, filed on Jun. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/423,305, filed on Nov. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0263462 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. E04F 19/04 (2006.01)
CPC E04F 19/045 (2013.01) [E04F 2019/0422 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A custom decorative article comprising:
a body having an edge profile that defines a custom pattern configured to fit in an installation area,
wherein the edge profile of the body comprises at least one pair of opposed portions that are configured to be joined together to form a corner comprising a cove and a flashing, wherein each opposed portion of a respective one of the at least one pair of opposed portions of the edge profile has a first end at which the opposed portions of the respective pair of opposed portions meet and an opposed second end, wherein the opposed second ends of each opposed portion of the respective pair of opposed portions are connected by other portions of the edge profile that do not comprise the respective pair of opposed portions, the other portions of the edge profile comprising at least one of:
at least one linear segment; or
at least one other opposed portion of the at least one pair of opposed portions,
wherein the opposed portions of each respective pair of the at least one pair of opposed portions of the edge profile each comprise an arcuate sub-portion and a straight sub-portion, wherein the arcuate sub-portion is a scaled trace of a Bezier curve that approximates a portion of a sine curve to define the arcuate sub-portions of the respective pair of opposed portions of the edge profile,
wherein the opposed portions of each respective pair of the at least one pair of opposed portions of the edge profile cooperate to define a relief cut that extends from the arcuate sub-portions of the respective pair of opposed portions of the edge profile opposite the straight sub-portions of the respective pair of opposed portions of the edge profile.