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US 4,135,017 AGranted
Laminate patch
OwnerDennis Hoffmann, Sr.inventor
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Abstract
An improved laminate patch for repair of an opening in the facing surface of an interior wall or in a hollow door surface and having a thin, relatively rigid, and a non-combustible plate disposable over such opening, adhesive means applied to such plate at one side thereof for holding the plate in intimate proximity to the surface, and plate cover means applied to the opposite side of and covering such plate to form a smooth and substantially planar configuration with the wall surface.
Claims9
An improved laminate patch for closing an opening in an interior wall surface comprising:
- a thin and relatively rigid non-combustible plate of aluminum sheeting having a first side with a central portion for covering the opening to be closed in the surface, a periphery for disposition in intimate proximity to the surface, and bordered by edge portions, said thin plate having a second side opposite the first side;
- adhesive coating means disposed on the first side of said thin plate and on at least a substantial portion of the periphery thereof for firmly bonding the periphery in intimate proximity to the wall surface;
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- plate cover means of fibrous material laminated at the interior surface thereof to the second side of said thin plate for covering said thin plate and for extending over the edge portions thereof to dispose the exterior surface of said cover means in substantially planar configuration with the wall surface, said thin plate cover means having an exterior surface adapted for receiving a wall finishing compound thereon and said interior surface of said plate cover means having an adhesive thereon.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.