Building panel repair
OwnerAlan John Patrickinventor
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Abstract
Building panel repair apparatus generally includes a substantially planar backplate for insertion through a hole in a building panel to be repaired. A front face of the backplate is provided with adhesive for mounting the backplate to the rear side of a building panel. At least one flap is defined in the backplate such that the at least one flap is movable between an open position providing an operative with backplate positioning means to facilitate mounting of the backplate to a building panel, and a closed position providing a substrate surface for hole repair material. Other aspects of the invention include methods of repairing building panels using a building panel repair apparatus, and methods of manufacturing building repair apparatus.
Claims20
Apparatus for use in building panel repair comprising a substantially planar backplate for insertion through a hole in a building panel to be repaired, the backplate has a front face that is provided with adhesive for mounting the backplate to the rear side of a building panel, and the backplate defines at least one flap that is movable between:
- an open position leaving a flap aperture within said backplate for providing an operative with backplate positioning means to facilitate mounting of the backplate to a building panel;
- a closed position in which said at least one flap closes said flap aperture;
- the front face of the at least one flap is provided with adhesive;
- wherein at least one repair material aperture is defined in said backplate for receiving curable hole repair material;
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- wherein said backplate defines a plurality of repair material apertures aligned along a first axis such that said backplate is predisposed to bend along said first axis.
Apparatus for use in building panel repair comprising a substantially planar backplate for insertion through a hole in a building panel to be repaired, the backplate has a front face that is provided with adhesive for mounting the backplate to the rear side of a building panel, and the backplate defines at least one flap that is movable between:
- an open position leaving a flap aperture within said backplate for providing an operative with backplate positioning means to facilitate mounting of the backplate to a building panel;
- a closed position in which said at least one flap closes said flap aperture;
- the front face of the at least one flap is provided with adhesive;
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- wherein at least one region of said backplate has a perimeter that is delineated by means of at least one of:
- a visual representation, perforations and a score line, to facilitate manual removal of said region from the backplate.
Apparatus for use in building panel repair comprising a substantially planar backplate for insertion through a hole in a building panel to be repaired, the backplate has a front face that is provided with adhesive for mounting the backplate to the rear side of a building panel, and the backplate defines at least one flap that is movable between:
- an open position leaving a flap aperture within said backplate for providing an operative with backplate positioning means to facilitate mounting of the backplate to a building panel;
- a closed position in which said at least one flap closes said flap aperture;
- the front face of the at least one flap is provided with adhesive;
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- at least one score line across said backplate to facilitate division of said backplate.
A method of building panel repair using apparatus comprising a substantially planar backplate for insertion through a hole in a building panel to be repaired, the backplate has a front face that is provided with adhesive for mounting the backplate to a rear face of a building panel;
- and the backplate defines at least one flap that is movable between an open position leaving a flap aperture within said backplate for providing an operative with backplate positioning means to facilitate mounting of the backplate to a building panel, and a closed position in which said flap closes said flap aperture, said method comprising the steps of:
- inserting the backplate through a hole in a building panel;
- with a flap in said open position, positioning the front face of said backplate to face the rear face of said building panel;
- with the adhesive provided on the front face of the backplate exposed, pulling the front face of the backplate against the rear face of the building panel to mount said backplate;
- moving said flap into said closed position;
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- applying hole repair material to material apertures of the exposed surface of the mounted backplate.
A method of manufacturing apparatus comprising a substantially planar backplate for insertion through a hole in a building panel to be repaired, the backplate has a front face that is provided with adhesive for mounting the backplate to a rear face of a building panel;
- the backplate defines at least one flap that is movable between an open position leaving a flap aperture within said backplate for providing an operative with backplate positioning means to facilitate mounting of the backplate to a building panel, and a closed position closes said flap aperture, and the front face of at least one flap is provided with adhesive, said method comprising the steps of:
- adhering one side of two-sided adhesive tape to one side of a backplate sheet;
- and cutting along a score line through said backplate sheet to define a backplate having a front face and defining at least one flap having said adhesive tape thereon, and
- wherein adhesive tape is distributed across substantially the whole of the front face of said backplate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.