Removable, reusable hinge-masking device
OwnerTracy D. Bowersinventor
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Abstract
A removable, reusable one-piece device for masking a door hinge to prevent paint from getting on the hinge while the door and/or door frame are being painted. The device includes an interior section having two sheets which are sized and shaped to cover the hinge plates of the door hinge. The two sheets are connected by a flexible sheet which covers an interior portion of a barrel of the hinge. On an exterior section of the device is a covering strip for covering an exterior portion of the barrel. The covering strip may include magnetic adhesive strips allowing attachment of the exterior section to the exterior portion of the barrel. The exterior section is connected to the interior section of the device, thus allowing a top portion of the hinge to be covered.
Claims10
A removable device for masking a door hinge to prevent paint from covering the hinge during a painting operations, said device comprising:
- an interior section having a first sheet and a second sheet, the first sheet and the second sheet each being sized and shaped to fit upon a first hinge plate and a second hinge plate of an interior portion of the door hinge, the first sheet and the second sheet each having removable attachment means for attachment to each corresponding hinge plate of the door hinge;
- the first sheet attached to the second sheet by a flexible strip sized and shaped to cover the interior portion of a barrel of the door hinge;
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- an exterior section having covering strip sized and shaped to cover an exterior portion of the barrel and connected to said interior section, said exterior section having removable means for attaching to the exterior portion of the hinge;
- whereby said interior section covers the interior portion of the hinge and said exterior section covers the exterior portion of the door hinge to prevent paint from adhering to the door hinge during painting operations.
A removable device for masking a door hinge to prevent paint from covering the hinge during a painting operations, said device comprising:
- an interior section having a first magnetic sheet and a second magnetic sheet, the first sheet and the second sheet each being sized and shaped to fit upon a first hinge plate and a second hinge plate of an interior portion of the door hinge;
- the first sheet attached to the second sheet by a flexible strip sized and shaped to cover the interior portion of a barrel of the door hinge;
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- an exterior section having a covering strip sized and shaped to cover an exterior portion of the barrel;
- said exterior section having a first magnetic strip on a first side of the covering strip and a second magnetic strip on an opposite second side of the covering strip, the first magnetic strip attaching to a first side of the exterior portion of the barrel and the second magnetic strip attaching to a second opposite side of the exterior portion of the barrel;
- said exterior section being connected to said interior section by a connecting strip;
- whereby said interior section covers the interior portion of the hinge and the exterior section covers the exterior portion of the door hinge to prevent paint from adhering to the door hinge during painting operations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.