Form-fitting Corner Protector Member or Profile for Facing and Finishing Inside Corners and Edges

Abstract

A corner protector member for establishing and finishing a transition between a first surface, a second surface and a third surface, the first, second and third surfaces forming an inside corner. One corner protector embodiment includes a read face portion oriented inwardly in relation to the inside corner, which is securable to the inside corner, and from which integrally extends an external frontal or basal face portion, the lateral edges of which are securable alone or with the addition of an integral pin or barb to the inside corner, positively locking and engaging with the interior corner surfaces so as to firmly anchor therein and thereto.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An interior corner protector member for hygienically and in a visually pleasing manner finishing and protecting corners created by the converging planes of walls, comprised of three angularly related surfaces and formed as a single, unitary body which is characterized by an outwardly-facing surface with respect to said interior corners space from which depends a posteriorly-oriented portion relative to the outwardly-facing surface which positively locks and engages with said interior corners. 
     
     
         2 . A corner protector member according to  claim 1  in which said corner protector member is capable of positively engaging with the converging planes of an interior corner. 
     
     
         3 . A corner protector member according to  claim 1 , wherein said corner protector member is constructed as a truncated cone or tetrahedral frusta, of which the basal face of which forms said visible face of the corner protector member which is oriented outwardly from the interior corner into which the corner protector member is fitted and from which the adjacent frusta surfaces flow and engage and integrate with the wall and ceiling surfaces of an interior space. 
     
     
         4 . A corner protector member according to  claim 1 , wherein the visible surface has a diameter of approximately 16.25 millimeters to 24.25 millimeters. 
     
     
         5 . A corner protector member according to  claim 1 , wherein said corner protector member is constructed so as to fit and positively lock and engage with a sealing joint and said visible face mates seamlessly and positively locks with and to the surfaces of said sealing joint. 
     
     
         6 . A corner protector member according to  claim 1 , wherein said posteriorly-oriented portion is formed so as to have a flush or flat, convex, lenticular, fillister head, or rounded surface. 
     
     
         7 . A corner protector member according to  claim 1 , wherein said corner protector member is or can be directly driven or otherwise affixed into an interior corner of a room at a point where perpendicular planes meet. 
     
     
         8 . A corner protector member according to  claim 1 , wherein the interiorly-facing surface features a central bore. 
     
     
         9 . A corner protector member according to  claim 1 , wherein the interiorly-facing surface of the corner protector member features said central bore of  claim 8  in which a barb, bolt, or pin is fixably inserted, of which the distal end of said barb, bolt, or pin anchored to the interior corner. 
     
     
         10 . A corner protector member according to  claim 1 , wherein the corner protector member features a border comprised of bevels, ripples, or offsets.