Paperhanging hand tool and method
OwnerJoseph F. Pavnicainventor
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Abstract
A paperhanging hand tool and method of hanging wallpaper in which a tool comprising an elongated handle and a crosspiece carry a draped over roll of wallpaper cut to wall height with its adhesively coated surfaces facing outwardly, a first length of the roll hanging down from the crosspiece on one side of the tool to face the lower portion of the wall surface to which it is to be applied, the remaining second length of the roll hanging down on the opposite side of the tool with its adhesively coated surface facing the workman who carries the tool by grasping at the lower end of the elongated handle. A clamp is provided near such lower end, having a clamp lever biased toward the clamped shut position and positioned for manipulation of the clamp lever by the thumb of the workman's hand which grasps the tool at its lower end.
Claims8
A hand tool for hanging wallpaper, comprising an elongated handle of a preselected length, said handle including hand grasp means extending inwardly from a first end thereof to enable a workman to hold said handle with one hand, clamp means adjacent said hand grasp means to clamp an edge of a roll of wallpaper therein, a crosspiece affixed to the opposite second end of said elongated handle, including a roll of wallpaper draped over said crosspiece having a first fractional length extending along a first side from said crosspiece to said clamp means, the remaining fractional length of said draped over roll of wallpaper extending downwardly from said crosspiece on said opposite second side of said handle and crosspiece, wherein said first fractional length of said roll of wallpaper is any fraction between one-third and one-half of the total length of said roll of wallpaper cut to wall height.
A hand tool for hanging wallpaper, comprising an elongated handle of a preselected length, said handle including hand grasp means extending inwardly from a first end thereof to enable a workman to hold said handle with one hand, clamp means adjacent said hand grasp means to clamp an edge of a roll of wallpaper therein, a crosspiece affixed to the opposite second end of said elongated handle, including a roll of wallpaper draped over said crosspiece having a first fractional length extending along a first side from said crosspiece to said clamp means, the remaining fractional length of said draped over roll of wallpaper extending downwardly from said crosspeice on said opposite second side of said handle and crosspiece, wherein said first fractional length of said roll of wallpaper is any fraction between one-fourth and one-half of the total length of said roll of wallpaper cut to wall height.
A hand tool for hanging wallpaper, comprising an elongated handle of a preselected length, said handle including hand grasp means extending inwardly from a first end thereof to enable a workman to hold said handle with one hand, clamp means adjacent said hand grasp means to clamp an edge of a roll of wallpaper therein, and a crosspiece affixed to the opposite second end of said elongated handle, including a notch in a notched portion of said elongated handle to receive a mid-portion of said crosspiece, a corresponding recess in said crosspiece at said mid-portiion to cooperatively receive said notched portion of said elongated handle, the respective depths of said notch and recess being such that said first and second sides respectively of said elongated handle and crosspiece are coplanar when said notched portion of said elongated handle is received in said recess of said crosspiece.
A hand tool for hanging wallpaper, comprising en elongated handle of preselected length, said handle including hand grasp means extending inwardly from a first end thereof to enable a workman to hold said hand grasp means to clamp an edge of a roll of wallpaper therein, and a crosspiece affixed to the opposite second end of said elongated handle, including a roll of wallpaper draped over said crosspiece having a first fractional length extending along said first side from said crosspiece to said clamp means, the remaining fractional length of said draped over roll of wallpaper extending downwardly from said crosspiece on said opposite second side of said handle and crosspiece, wherein said preselected length of said handle is equal to the said first fractional length of said roll of wallpaper draped over said crosspiece plus the distance said hand grasp means extends inwardly from said first end of said enlongated handle.
A hand tool for hanging wallpaper as set forth in claim 8, wherein said crosspiece includes an edge thereof facing in a direction opposite to that in which said elongated handle extends from said crosspiece, said edge of said crosspiece being rounded.
A method of hanging wallpaper including the steps of selecting an elongated handle, affixing a crosspiece to one end thereof, grasping said handle in one hand at the opposite end thereof, laying a roll of wallpaper flat on a work surface with its adhesively coated surface facing upwardly, sliding said crosspiece under said roll of wallpaper to a mid-region thereof from one end thereof until said one end of said wallpaper lies adjacent said hand which grasps said handle, clamping said one end of said wallpaper, lifting said handle and crosspiece to raise said roll of wallpaper from said work surface and thus draping said roll of wallpaper over said crosspiece, carrying said draped over roll of wallpaper to a wall to be papered, positioning said crosspiece at a height from the bottom edge of said wall to be papered so the first fractional length of wallpaper hanging from said crosspiece on the side thereof facing said wall reaches said bottom edge, pressing said crosspiece having said roll of paper draped there-over against said wall, unclamping said one end of said wallpaper, moving said crosspiece upwardly along said wall while pressing said crosspiece against said wall to feed out a second and remaining fractional length of said roll of wallpaper over said crosspiece and apply said second fractional length to the upper fractional portion of said wall, moving said crosspiece downwardly and pressing it against said first fractional length throughout to apply said first fractional length to the lower remaining fractional portion of said wall.
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