Assembly and method for taping walls for painting stripes and patterns
OwnerJohn Menendezinventor
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Abstract
Assemblies and methods for applying painter's tape to a wall for painting stripes and patterns on the wall wherein the assembly has a first elongated body defining a first straight outer edge and a first inner edge and having a first body length and a second elongated body defining a second straight outer edge and a second inner edge and having a second body length. The assembly also includes at least one arm having a first end rotatably coupled to the first elongated body and a second end rotatably coupled to the second elongated body, each of the arms having an arm length and configured to space the first elongated body apart from the second elongated body such that the first straight outer edge is a taping distance from the second straight outer edge.
Claims41
An assembly for applying painter's tape to a wall for painting stripes and patterns on the wall comprising:
- a first elongated body defining a first straight outer edge and a first inner edge and having a first body length;
- a second elongated body defining a second straight outer edge and a second inner edge and having a second body length;
- at least one arm having a first end rotatably coupled to the first elongated body and a second end rotatably coupled to the second elongated body, each of the arms having an arm length and configured to space the first elongated body apart from the second elongated body such that the first straight outer edge is a taping distance from the second straight outer edge.
An assembly for painting stripes and patterns on a wall comprising:
- a first elongated body defining a first straight outer edge and a first inner edge and having a first body length defined by a first end and a second end;
- a second elongated body defining a second straight outer edge and a second inner edge and having a second body length defined by a first end and a second end;
- two arms each having a first end rotatably coupled to the first elongated body and a second end rotatably coupled to the second elongated body, each of the arms having the same arm length dimensioned to space the first elongated body apart from the second elongated body such that the first straight outer edge is a taping distance from the second straight outer edge.
An assembly for painting stripes and patterns on a wall comprising:
- first means for aligning a first tape on the wall;
- second means for aligning a second tape on the wall wherein the alignment of the second tape is substantially parallel to the first tape and wherein the alignment of the second tape is configured to occur while the first means is still in alignment with the first tape;
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- means for selectively coupling the first means to the second means for aligning the second tape substantially parallel to the first tape, said means for selectively coupling including at least one rotatable coupling to each of the first and second means for aligning.
A method for painting stripes and patterns on a wall comprising:
- rotating an arm of an assembly relative to each of the connected first and second elongated bodies each having an outer edge while maintaining the first and second elongated bodies in parallel alignment to each other and spaced apart from one another;
- selectively fixing the parallel position of the first elongated body relative to the second elongated body of the assembly;
- positioning the assembly on the wall to be painted with the stripe or pattern;
- applying a first tape along an elongated portion of the wall adjacent to the first outer edge;
- applying a second tape along an elongated portion of the wall adjacent to the second outer edge;
- removing the assembly from the wall;
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- painting a surface of the wall between the first tape and the second tape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.