Wall Repair Device
OwnerArron Frenchinventor
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Abstract
A device for repairing a hole in a wall structure, the device comprising a body, a plurality of arm members mounted relative to the body, wherein a webbing member extends between two or more of the arm members, and a displaceable member associated with the body, and an adjustment member at least partially received in the body, wherein displacement of the displaceable member actuates the plurality of arm members to move relative to the body between a retracted condition and an extended condition in which the webbing member is stretched relatively tightly between the arm members to form a substantially planar surface, and wherein the adjustment member comprises an abutment portion configured to engage with the wall structure to assist in retaining the device in place relative to the wall structure in use.
Claims20
A device for repairing a hole in a wall structure, the device comprising:
- a body;
- a plurality of arm members mounted relative to the body, wherein a webbing member extends between two or more of the arm members;
- and
- a displaceable member associated with the body;
- and
- an adjustment member at least partially received in the body;
- wherein displacement of the displaceable member actuates the plurality of arm members to move relative to the body between a retracted condition and an extended condition in which the webbing member is stretched relatively tightly between the arm members to form a substantially planar surface,
- and wherein the adjustment member comprises an abutment portion configured to engage with the wall structure to assist in retaining the device in place relative to the wall structure in use.
A method of repairing a hole in a wall structure, the method comprising:
- providing a device for repairing a hole in a wall structure, the device comprising a body, a plurality of arm members mounted relative to the body, wherein a webbing member extends between two or more of the arm members, a displaceable member associated with the body, an adjustment member at least partially received in the body and moveable relative thereto, and an abutment portion associated with the adjustment member and configured to engage with the wall structure;
- inserting the device through the hole in a damaged wall member of the wall structure;
- displacing the displaceable member to actuate the plurality of arm members to move relative to the body between a retracted condition and an extended condition in which the webbing member is stretched relatively tightly between the arm members to form a substantially planar surface,
- bringing the webbing member into contact with an inner surface of the damaged wall member, and
- bringing the abutment portion associated with the adjustment member into abutment with an external surface of the damaged wall member to assist in retaining the device in place relative to the wall structure in use.
A device for repairing a hole in a wall structure, the device comprising:
- a body;
- a plurality of arm members mounted relative to the body, wherein a webbing member extends between two or more of the arm members;
- a displaceable member associated with the body;
- and
- an adjustment member at least partially received in the body and moveable relative thereto;
- wherein displacement of the displaceable member actuates the plurality of arm members to move relative to the body between a retracted condition and an extended condition in which the webbing member is stretched relatively tightly between the arm members to form a substantially planar surface,
- and wherein the device further comprises a connection member associated with an end of the body, the connection member configured to be positioned adjacent an external surface of the wall structure, the connection member configured for the connection of an external device thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.