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US 12,480,312 B2Granted
Joint strip for reinforcement of drywall panel joints
AssigneeKnauf Gips KG
InventorsAlexander Kerschbaum, Thomas Wieczorek
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Abstract
A joint strip for reinforcement of drywall panel joints as well as for a method for reinforcing panel joints i.e. around a corner of a window or door opening is disclosed.
Claims15
A drywall panel joint, comprising:
- a vertical drywall panel and a horizontal drywall panel which together form a corner joint of an opening defining a vertical segment and a horizontal segment;
- and
- a strip portion which is applied to the corner joint by a layer of joint filler material, such that an inside corner of the strip portion comprises at least a first edge portion which is parallel to the vertical segment of the opening and a second edge portion which is parallel to the horizontal segment of the opening and is arranged at an angle relative to the first edge portion;
- the strip portion being shaped to extend from the first edge portion and the second edge portion, and the strip portion being a paper joint tape or a synthetic fiber material tape,
- wherein the first edge portion is displaced from the vertical segment and the second edge portion is displaced from the horizontal segment.
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A method for a reinforcing panel joint around a corner joint of an opening formed by a vertical drywall panel and a horizontal drywall panel and defining a vertical segment and a horizontal segment comprising the steps:
- applying a first layer of joint filler material at the corner joint;
- applying a joint strip to the corner joint via the first layer of joint filler material, such that the an inside corner of the joint strip comprises at least a first edge portion which is parallel to the vertical segment of the opening and a second edge portion which is parallel to the horizontal segment of the opening arranged at an angle relative to the first edge portion, the strip portion being shaped to extend from the first edge portion and the second edge portion, and the strip portion being a paper joint tape or a synthetic fiber material tape, wherein the first edge portion is displaced from the vertical segment and the second edge portion is displaced from the horizontal segment;
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- applying at least one further layer of joint filler material at the joint strip.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.