Repair template for carpets or the like

A template for repair of a carpet or the like that is used by dimensioning a replacement cut-out from said carpet material for a visibly damaged area in said carpet of a comparatively small size, said template comprising a body sized to extend in covering relation over said damaged area and having an operative position in superposed relation thereto, said body having a positioning opening therein through which said damaged area is sighted during the placement of said template in said operative position, and an arrangement of disconnected knife-guiding grooves located in said body in surrounding relation to said positioning opening to enable the removal of said damaged area within a carpet removal cut-out having a shape and size dictated by said knife-guiding grooves, said grooves having beveled sides which converge toward and terminate in edges bounding each of said knife-guiding grooves to precisely shape and size said carpet removal and replacement cut-outs, said shaped and sized carpet removal cut-out providing a correspondingly shaped and sized opening in said carpet, said template being adapted to be operatively positioned in cutting relation to a selected carpet area of minimal visibility for obtaining a replacement cut-out using said knife-guiding grooves thereof, whereby said replacement cut-out is dimensioned so as to be readily inserted in place in said opening previously occupied by said removal cut-out.