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US 5,045,374 AGranted
Drywall edge finishing strip
OwnerRichard E. Tuckerinventor
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A stiff plastic strip is formed to provide reinforcement for longitudinal edges at which interior drywall surfaces meet and for capping corners formed of sheets of wallboard meeting at orthogonal angles. A pair of laterally directed flanges extend in diverging fashion from a central transversely curved region of the plastic strip. A contact sensitive adhesive strip is mounted on each of the flanges to extend longitudinally therealong so as to allow the plastic strip to be pressed against drywall or wallboard surfaces. One of the flanges of the plastic strip may be slit periodically throughout its length to allow it conform to arches and circular openings. In another embodiment a stiff, water impervious plastic sheet with three flanges extending outwardly therefrom has contact sensitive adhesive layers disposed on each of the flanges. The structure can thereby serve as a cap for protruding soffit corners.
A drywall edge finishing strip comprising an elongated length of stiff, water impervious plastic defining an elongated central transversely curved region and a pair of laterally and linearly directed flanges that extend in diverging fashion from said central curved region wherein each of said flanges has a wall contacting surface which is flat and planar throughout, and a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on each of said wall contacting surfaces of each of said flanges wherein said adhesive layer extends longitudinally therealong throughout said length to establish intimate contact and adhesive bonding with a wall surface against which it is pressed.
A drywall edge finishing strip comprising an elongated length of stiff, water impervious plastic defining an elongated central transversely curved region and a pair of laterally and linearly directed flanges that diverge from said central curved region to define longitudinally extending edges wherein each of said flanges has a wall contacting surface which is flat and planar throughout, a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on each of said wall contacting surfaces for firmly adhering to a wall surface against which it is pressed, and wherein one of said flanges is slit periodically throughout its length by a multiplicity of parallel slits that extend transversely from one of said longitudinally extending edges into said central region.
A drywall edge finishing structure comprising a stiff, water impervious plastic sheet defining a central curved region and a least a pair of flanges extending outwardly from said central region and at angles to each other wherein each of said flanges has a wall contacting surface which is flat and planar throughout, and a contact sensitive adhesive layer disposed on each of said wall contacting surfaces of each of said flanges, whereby said adhesive layers establish intimate contact with and adhesively bond to wall surfaces when pressed against such wall surfaces.
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