Method and apparatus for repairing a wall covering
OwnerFrancisco Luceroinventor
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Abstract
A cutting implement has a body with a top and a bottom and one or more blades extending outwardly of the bottom and defining a closed cutting path. In one embodiment, the implement has a cutting depth control. The cutting implement is particularly useful in cutting sections of wall covering. In accordance with a method, the cutting implement is located adjacent a wall covering so that the blade(s) surround a damaged portion of the covering. Force applied to the top of the implement drives the blade(s) into the covering, creating a severed portion including the damaged area. The severed portion is removed and is preferably replaced by a replacement section of the same size cut with the implement from replacement wall covering.
Claims16
A method of repairing a wall covering having a damaged section comprising the steps of:
- providing a cutting implement comprising a body having a top and a bottom and one or more blades extending outwardly of said bottom of said body, said one or more blades having a cutting edge forming a closed cutting area;
- adjusting a depth adjustment feature of said cutting implement to a desired cutting depth;
- orienting said cutting implement so that said one or more blades are adjacent said wall covering and said damaged section is within said closed cutting area defined by said one or more blades;
- applying a force to said top of said body of said cutting implement to drive said one or more blades into said wall covering and in a single cutting action sever a severed portion of said wall covering including said damaged section from the surrounding wall covering;
- removing said severed wall covering portion;
- orienting said cutting implement so that said one or more blades are adjacent a replacement wall covering;
- applying a force to said top of said body of said cutting implement to drive said one or more blades into said replacement wall covering to sever in a single cutting action a replacement portion of said replacement wall covering from the surrounding replacement wall covering;
- removing said replacement section of wall covering from said replacement wall covering;
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- positioning said replacement section of wall covering in the location previously occupied by said severed wall covering portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.