Vehicle body surface repair patch assembly
AssigneePro Patch Systems, Inc.
InventorDennis Hoffmann, Sr.
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Abstract
The improved vehicle body surface repair patch assembly of the present invention is suitable for use in conjunction with a vehicle body surface repair compound, and includes a thin and relatively rigid plate which may be of metal or plastic and which is perforated to receive in such perforations the vehicle body surface repair compound to provide substantial thickness and accordingly enhanced strength to the repair patch. Adhesive coating means are disposed on the back surface of the perforated sheet, and mesh means preferably formed of fiberglass mesh are secured to the front surface of the perforated plate to receive, to support and to hold the vehicle body surface repair compound, thereby to provide a matchingly contoured surface with that of the vehicle body surface to be repaired.
Claims16
An improved vehicle body surface repair patch assembly suitable for use in conjunction with a vehicle body surface repair compound, said vehicle repair patch assembly comprising:
- a thin, relatively rigid, flexible and deformable plate which is sufficiently bendable for matching the contours of the vehicle body surface to be repaired, said plate containing a plurality of perforations therein for receiving, supporting and holding a vehicle surface body repair compound and having a first side with a central surface thereon for covering the vehicle body surface to be repaired, a periphery for disposition into intimate proximity with the vehicle body surface, and bordered by edge portions, said plate having a second side opposing the first side;
- adhesive coating means disposed on the first side of said plate and on at least a substantial portion of the periphery thereof for firmly bonding the periphery in intimate proximity to the vehicle body surface to be repaired;
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- mesh means secured at the interior surface thereof to the second side of said plate for receiving, supporting and holding a vehicle body surface repair compound therein to dispose said mesh means in substantially matching contoured relationship to the vehicle body surface to be repaired.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.