US 5,667,590 AGranted

Painting mask for use when painting a rim that is secured to a tire

OwnerAndrew E. Simons, Sr.inventor

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Abstract

A painting mask for use when painting a tire rim that is secured to a tire including an elongated and generally rectangular strip having two free ends and with the strip bent in a generally circular shape to create a ring and with the ring having a diameter adjustably sized to fit around a peripheral extent of the tire rim and positionable against the tire secured therearound to confine painting operations; a first coupling mechanism for removably coupling the ends of the strip together and for allowing the diameter of the ring to be adjusted to fit around a peripheral extent of the tire rim; and a second coupling mechanism for removably coupling the ring to the tire.

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Dependent claims

A painting mask for use when painting a tire rim that is secured to a tire for confining painting operations to only the tire rim and thereby preventing the tire from being painted comprising, in combination:

an elongated and generally rectangular strip having a planar first surface, a planar second surface, a long planar edge perpendicularly interconnecting the surfaces on one side of the strip, a long beveled edge interconnecting the surfaces on the other side of the strip, and a pair of opposed short edges extended between the long edges, the strip further having a first linear arrangement of rectangular spaced apertures formed thereon at a location adjacent to the planar edge, a second linear arrangement of rectangular spaced apertures formed thereon at a location adjacent to the beveled edge, and a pair of free ends with one end having a pair of spaced and longitudinally positioned oblong slots formed thereon and the other end having a pair of fasteners coupled thereto, the strip being bendable in a generally circular shape to thus create a ring with each fastener disposed within one of the slots, the ring having a diameter sized to fit around a peripheral extent of the tire rim with either of the long edges positionable against the tire secured therearound with the fasteners having a loosened orientation for allowing the diameter of the ring to be adjusted to fit snugly around a peripheral extent of the tire rim and a tightened orientation for setting the diameter of the ring and with the ring serving to confine painting operations to only the tire rim;
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a pair of J-shaped brackets removably coupled to and extended outwards from the ring for securing the ring to the tire, each bracket formed of a straight inboard component having an outboard end and an inboard end with a T-shaped cross-section removably secured within one of the apertures, a L-shaped intermediate component having an outboard end and an inboard end adjustably coupled to the outboard end of the inboard component with a fastener, and a L-shaped outboard component having an inboard end adjustably coupled to the outboard end of the intermediate component with a fastener.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

an elongated and generally rectangular strip having a planar first surface, a planar second surface, a long planar edge perpendicularly interconnecting the surfaces on one side of the strip, a long beveled edge interconnecting the surfaces on the other side of the strip, and a pair of opposed short edges extended between the long edges, the strip further having a first linear arrangement of rectangular spaced apertures formed thereon at a location adjacent to the planar edge, a second linear arrangement of rectangular spaced apertures formed thereon at a location adjacent to the beveled edge, and a pair of free ends with one end having a pair of spaced and longitudinally positioned oblong slots formed thereon and the other end having a pair of fasteners coupled thereto, the strip being bendable in a generally circular shape to thus create a ring with each fastener disposed within one of the slots, the ring having a diameter sized to fit around a peripheral extent of the tire rim with either of the long edges positionable against the tire secured therearound with the fasteners having a loosened orientation for allowing the diameter of the ring to be adjusted to fit snugly around a peripheral extent of the tire rim and a tightened orientation for setting the diameter of the ring and with the ring serving to confine painting operations to only the tire rim;
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a pair of J-shaped brackets removably coupled to and extended outwards from the ring for securing the ring to the tire, each bracket formed of a straight inboard component having an outboard end and an inboard end with a T-shaped cross-section removably secured within one of the apertures, a L-shaped intermediate component having an outboard end and an inboard end adjustably coupled to the outboard end of the inboard component with a fastener, and a L-shaped outboard component having an inboard end adjustably coupled to the outboard end of the intermediate component with a fastener.