Suspendible wallpaper applicator

• US 5,403,432 A
• Filed: 06/20/1994
• Issued: 04/04/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Teresa G. Burch
• Original Assignee: Teresa G. Burch
• Inventors: Burch, Teresa G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ball, Michael W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): YAO, SAMCHUAN CUA
• Application Number:
  US08/262,153
• Time in Patent Office: 288 Days
• Field of Search: 156/71, 156/577, 156/579, 156/574, 52/DIG. 1, 81/488
• US Class Current: 156/577
• CPC Class Codes: B44C 7/06 for applying the paper to the surface to be covered
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1795 Implement carried web supply
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/18 Surface bonding means and/or assembly means with handle or handgrip

Abstract

A suspendible wallpaper applicator is disclosed for applying a rolled web on a wall surface. The device comprises an applicator tube containing the web roll, a longitudinal slot for dispensing the web, a longitudinal applicator lip for pressing the web to the wall surface and suspension spikes which can be pressed into the wall surface to hold the device on the wall without the attention of the user. Reclosable end caps are applied the the tube to retain the web roll in the tube when used in applying horizontal webs.

Claims

1. A wallpaper hanging device for applying wallpaper to a surface comprising:

(a) a hollow tube further comprising a longitudinal slot for dispensing a web;

(b) a longitudinal applicator lip attached to the tube for pressing the web to the surface;

(c) a handle attached to the tube for holding the device; and

(d) at least one spike attached to the device, a sharp end of the spike positioned such that the spike may be pressed into the surface to retain the device on the surface.

2. A device as in claim 1 further comprising a removable end cap to retain a web roll in the tube, the cap having an end portion and a tubular edge portion, the tubular edge portion having an inner diameter such that the cap fits tightly over an outer diameter of an end of the tube, and the tubular edge having a thickness less than the compressed working thickness of the applicator lip, whereby the edge part of the cap will not contact the application surface when the web is applied by the applicator lip.

3. A device as in claim 2 wherein the tubular edge of the cap further comprises a slot to allow clearance of the applicator lip when the cap is inserted onto the end of the tube, wherein the applicator lip may be extended to the edge of the tube and still allow the end cap to be fully inserted on the end of the tube.