Flexible drywall contouring and joint finishing tool
OwnerGary L. Pharesinventor
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Abstract
A flexible drywall contouring and joint finishing tool is constituted by an elongated strip of spring sheet metal which is longitudinally bent to provide an elongated flexible straight-edged smoothing blade and a spring handle constituted by a handplate connected to said blade by a relatively large diameter bend providing a spring action and a stiffening element connected to said handplate by a relatively small diameter bend providing a finger-grasping edge.
Claims7
A flexible drywall contouring and joint finishing tool constituted by an elongated strip of spring sheet metal having a length of from about 2 to about 4 feet and longitudinally bent to provide an elongated flexible straight-edged smoothing blade having a width of about 31/2 to about 8 inches, and a spring handle constituted by a handplate connected to said blade by a relatively large diameter bend providing a spring action and a stiffening element connected to said handplate by a relatively small diameter bend providing a finger-grasping edge, said small diameter bend being spaced from said large diameter bend a distance sufficient to size said handplate to permit it to be grasped by the hand with the finger tips on said grasping edge and with the thumbs under said large diameter bend.
A flexible drywall contouring and joint finishing tool constituted by an elongated strip of spring sheet metal having a length of from about 2 to about 4 feet and longitudinally bent to provide an elongated flexible straight-edged smoothing blade having a width of about 31/2 to about 8 inches, and a spring handle constituted by a handplate connected to said blade by a relatively large diameter bend providing a spring action and a stiffening element connected to said handplate by a relatively small diameter bend providing a finger-grasping edge, the free end of said stiffening element extending toward and bearing against the rear face of said blade adjacent said relatively large diameter bend.
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