Masking tape tool guide

• US 5,522,199 A
• Filed: 03/14/1994
• Issued: 06/04/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Teddy D. Pearce
• Original Assignee: Teddy D. Pearce
• Inventors: Pearce, Teddy D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Safavi, Michael
• Application Number:
  US08/209,738
• Time in Patent Office: 813 Days
• Field of Search: 52/417, 52/749, 52/255, 428/57, 428/58, 428/60, 428/343, 428/352, 7/103, 7/105, 7/164, 7/170, 33/404, 33/481, 33/484, 33/485, 33/533, 33/645
• US Class Current: 52/749.1
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 21/04 Patterns or templates; Jointing rulers profile trowels E04F21/16
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 21/1657 for applying tape to joints, e.g. drywall taper tools
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/192 Sheets or webs coplanar
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/195 Beveled, stepped, or skived in thickness

Abstract

Disclosed is a new masking tape with tool guide for facilitating application of joint compound to wall joints and edges formed by drywall panels used to construct interior building walls. The masking tape with tool guide comprises an elongated strip of flexible tape having pressure-sensitive adhesive disposed on one side thereof whereby the paper strip may be adhered to a drywall panel adjacent a joint to be finished with joint compound. The tape is divided centrally longitudinally into a first half and a second half with release paper covering the pressure-sensitive adhesive of the first half and a straightedge member fixedly adhered to the second half of the paper strip by the pressure-sensitive adhesive. The straightedge member comprises an elongated strip of flexible solvent-resistant plastic having an integral longitudinal lip formed along one edge thereof. The lip defines a ledge adjacent the drywall joint wherealong a drywall knife tool may be drawn during application of joint compound whereby aiding in the uniform application thereof. An alternate embodiment of the masking tape with tool guide further includes a reinforcing glue bead applied between the second half of the paper strip and the plastic strip of the straightedge.

Claims

1. A new masking tape with tool guide for facilitating application of joint compound to wall joints and edges formed by drywall panels used to construct interior building walls, the masking tape with tool guide comprising:

an elongated paper strip of flexible solvent-resistant material having pressure-sensitive adhesive disposed on a portion of one side thereof whereby said paper strip may be adhered to a drywall panel adjacent a joint to be finished with joint compound, the strip being divided centrally longitudinally into a first half and a second half with said pressure-sensitive adhesive disposed on one side extending over each of the first and second halves;

release paper disposed over the pressure-sensitive adhesive on the first half, the release paper being releasably adhered to the pressure-sensitive adhesive whereby preventing unwanted adhesion of said paper strip and protecting the adhesive from dirt prior to application to a drywall panel;

a straightedge member disposed over the pressure-sensitive adhesive on the second half, the straightedge member being fixedly adhered to the pressure-sensitive adhesive, the straightedge member comprising an elongated strip of flexible solvent-resistant plastic having an integral longitudinal lip formed along one edge thereof, the lip extending outwardly over a longitudinal edge of the paper strip normal the plane of the elongated plastic strip and adjacent to the pressure-sensitive adhesive to define a ledge adjacent a drywall joint wherealong a drywall knife tool may be drawn during application of joint compound whereby aiding in the uniform application thereof, the plastic strip of the straightedge including a plurality of longitudinal grooves formed thereon; and

a reinforcing glue bead applied between the second half of the paper strip and the plastic strip of the straight edge.