Patent 9200454 was granted and assigned to BASF on December, 2015 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A trim bead for a building wall incorporates an outwardly extending flange portion to provide a mechanical key for a layer of exterior finishing coatings, such as stucco coatings. The trim bead may be used in stucco systems for exterior building walls that employ continuous thermal insulation over the building wall substrate.