Post cover with tongue and groove joint
CA 2237261 C · Owner: Laronde, Mark J. · Inventors: Laronde, Mark J.
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The cover assembly is designed to surround exposed posts. The assembly includes a number of sections each with an inner surface outer surface and two side edges, the side edges being angled relative to the inner surface and outer surface. The sections are configured to abut each other along their side edges so that when a number of sections are abutted they form a polygon with a hollow interior portion to accommodate the post. Each section has one side edge with a tongue projecting from it and extending the length thereof and one side edge having a groove extending the length thereof configured to receive the tongue of an abutting section. Preferably the cover assembly is preassembled into …
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- Filed May 8, 1998 and granted December 18, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 8, 2018.
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