Fire-rated flush mounted corner guard

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The problems outlined above are solved by the fire-rated, flush-mountable corner guard in accordance with the present invention.
That is to say, the corner guard hereof is specially designed for mounting along corners of building walls in order to maintain the required fire rated integrity of the corner while allowing a flush mounted configuration.
The corner guard of the invention is designed for mounting within an upright corner recess defined by adjoining walls which are relieved (typically by the absence of one layer of fine rock) at the corner region.
The cover assembly broadly includes a corner cover having a pair of surface stretches, means for mounting the cover within the corner recess in a flush relationship with the outermost surfaces of the building walls, and insulating means interposed within the corner recess and behind the corner cover.
In this way the corner guard resists the effects of heat and enhances the fire rating of the overall wall construction.
Indeed, the cover assembly hereof advantageously exhibits a fire rating substantially equivalent to the fire rating of the adjacent walls.
In particularly preferred forms, the insulating means includes a ceramic insulating material and a stainless steel metal protector which is disposed between the insulating material and the cover.
Advantageously, the protector includes elongated, side marginal flanges disposed for overlapping engagement with the outermost surfaces of the walls adjacent the corner recess.