Fire rated flush mounted corner guard

Abstract From the Canadian patent

of the Invention, A fire-rated flush mounted corner guard, is provided which serves to maintain continuous integrity in the fire rating of building walls notwithstanding the recessing thereof to accommodate a corner guard and consequent lessening of the amount of fire rock present at the corner. The corner guard preferably includes an upright con-, tinuous, floor-to-ceiling, L-shaped in crosssection synthetic resin corner cover, means for resiliently mounting the cover within a corner recess substantially flush with the building walls and insulating means within the corner recess beneath the cover. In this way the corner guard assembly provides a fire rating substantially equivalent to the …