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A corner guard assembly for protecting the corner of a building wall particularly in institutional type facilities from damage due to impacts with wheeled vehicles includes a vinyl retainer base plate, a plurality of fasteners for fastening the base plate to the corner of the building wall, a vinyl

A corner guard assembly for protecting the corner of a building wall particularly in institutional type facilities from damage due to impacts with wheeled vehicles includes a vinyl retainer base plate, a plurality of fasteners for fastening the base plate to the corner of the building wall, a vinyl cover member assembled over the base plate, and endcaps assembled to the upper and lower ends of the assembly. The novel vinyl base plate further includes a rigid main body portion that is applied over the wall surface at the corner combined with a co-extruded flexible impact bumper at the apex of the main body, the impact forces being absorbed by the impact bumper. The geometry of the cover member matches the geometry of the impact bumper to maximize the surface contact area of the two components to further dissipate the impact forces.

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1. A corner guard assembly for protecting a corner of a building wall from impacts, said corner being defined by the intersection of first and second flat wall surfaces, said corner guard assembly comprising:a retainer member, said retainer member having an elongated main body portion including a fi

1. A corner guard assembly for protecting a corner of a building wall from impacts, said corner being defined by the intersection of first and second flat wall surfaces, said corner guard assembly comprising:a retainer member, said retainer member having an elongated main body portion including a first flat planar portion and a second flat planar portion, said first flat planar portion defining a first mounting surface to be applied over the first wall surface, and said second flat planar portion defining a second mounting surface to be applied over the second wall surface, the first and second flat planar portions of the retainer member intersecting at an apex; a flexible impact bumper on the apex of the retainer member; the main body of the retainer member being comprised of a rigid extruded vinyl, and the impact bumper being comprised of a co-extruded flexible vinyl; a plurality of metallic fasteners for fastening said retainer member to said first and second flat wall surfaces; a decorative cover member which is assembled over the retainer member, said cover member including a first flat cover portion and a second flat cover portion, the first and second flat cover portions intersecting at a rounded corner portion, the rounded corner portion of the cover member defining an inner radius; the co-extruded impact bumper on the apex of the retainer member including a rounded outer radius that corresponds to the inner radius of the corner portion of the corner member such that, in the event the cover member is struck with sufficient force to cause the cover member to strike against the retainer member, the inner radius of the rounded corner portion of the cover member will become engaged against the outer radius of the co-extruded impact bumper on the apex of the retainer member.