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US 4,237,669 AGranted
Seam eliminator for butt joints
OwnerGeorge S. Hunterinventor
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This invention is concerned with a device for eliminating seams at the butt joints caused by the installation of contiguous wall boards in building construction. A bracket, having means for fastening to the studs, has a slightly recessed surface. The butting edges of the wall boards that are fastened to the studs are screwed down tightly on the recessed surface of the bracket. The wall boards, being somewhat flexible, form a concave outer surface slightly below the plane of the wallboard surface that is mounted on the stud. The concave area is taped and then filled with a selected filling material or a joint compound, bringing the new surface formed thereby back to the original plane of the wallboard. The bracket is permanently secured by the wallboard so there will be no movements, and the filling and taping procedure completely conceal the joint lines, so that the wallboard can be painted or wallpapered and will appear as one continuous surface.
A device for eliminating seams between the butt joints of two contiguous sheets of installed wall board mounted on studs comprising, a front flat surface, a top surface extending at right angles to the rear of said front surface, a bottom surface at right angles to said front surface, below said top surface, said top and bottom surfaces converging towards each other, a first vertical section located at the closest point between said upper and lower surfaces and extending at right angles forward of said front surface, a first flange extending at right angles to said first vertical section and in the same plane as the front surface, a second vertical section extending forward of said front surface and parallel to said first vertical section, a second flange extending outwardly therefrom, and being in the same plane as the first flange, a third section extending upwardly from said top surface and in the same plane as said second section, a fourth section extending downwardly from said bottom surface and in the same plane as said second and third sections.
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