# US 8,739,421 B2 · Wall texturing tool > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,739,421 B2 - Document ID: US8739421B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/948,112 - Filed: 2010-11-17 - Published: 2011-05-19 - Granted: 2014-06-03 - Earliest claimed: 2009-11-17 - Assignees: Template, LLC - Applicants: Peter S. Renner; Randall S. Belter - Inventors: Peter S. Renner; Randall S. Belter - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8739421B2 ## CPC - B05C 17/06: Stencils (B05C17/04 takes precedence; stencils used in connection with printing plates or foils B41N1/24; drawing accessories B43L13/00) - B44C 1/20: Applying plastic materials and superficially modelling the surface of these materials - E04F 21/04: Patterns or templates; Jointing rulers {(profile trowels E04F21/16)} - B05C: APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (spraying apparatus, atomising apparatus, nozzles B05B; plant for applying liquids or other fluent materials to objects by electrostatic spraying B05B5/08) - B44C: PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS (processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general B05D; shaping of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29C; printing processes to produce transfer pictures B41M3/12; thermographic duplication or marking methods B41M5/00); MOSAICS; TARSIA WORK (imitation of mosaic or tarsia work patterns B44F11/04); PAPERHANGING {(labels G09F; multi-step processes for making paper labels or tags B31D1/02)} - E04F: FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS (windows, doors E06B) ## Abstract A tool and method for applying a texture material to a surface is provided. The tool comprises a body having a flat surface for mating to a smooth surface, such as a repaired portion of drywall. The body is formed of a rigid plastic material, that is optionally transparent, to enable to tool to be reused indefinitely, and has a multiplicity of spatially positioned openings disposed therethrough. Each of the openings has a predetermined configuration and position on the tool, for providing a pattern substantially matching the appearance of existing textured surface adjacent to the smooth surface. The invented method includes first affixing the tool to the smooth area of the surface, then applying a texture material to the smooth surface through the openings in the tool for forming a newly textured area that substantially matches the appearance of the existing adjacent textured surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A tool for applying a texture material to surface to form a textured surface, the tool comprising a body having a thickness and at least one flat surface for mating to said smooth portion, said body including a number of spatially positioned openings disposed therethrough, each of said openings configured and positioned on said body, such that when the texture material is applied to said tool, a sufficient amount of the texture material is disposed through the openings in said tool and onto the surface in a pattern to form a newly textured area on the surface having an appearance substantially similar to the appearance of an adjacent portion of the surface, the amount of texture material disposed through the openings determined by the configuration of the openings and the thickness of the body, wherein the tool is transparent. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The tool of claim 1 wherein each of said openings has a different irregular periphery and is dimensioned for enabling a sufficient amount of the texture material to be disposed therethrough and onto said surface in a pattern to form a newly textured area having an appearance on the surface substantially similar to the appearance of the adjacent portion of the surface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The tool of claim 1 wherein said tool comprises a substantially rigid plastic material. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The tool of claim 1 wherein the tool has a thickness of between about 0.020 inches to about 0.026 inches. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The tool of claim 1 wherein the tool is generally rectangular in shape. ### Claim 6 A set of wall texturing tools comprising: a) a first tool for applying a texture material to surface to form a textured surface, the first tool comprising a body having a thickness and at least one flat surface for mating to said smooth portion, said body including a number of spatially positioned openings disposed therethrough; and b) a second tool for applying a texture material to surface to form a textured surface, the second tool comprising a body having a thickness and at least one flat surface for mating to said smooth portion, said body including a number of spatially positioned openings disposed therethrough that are different in size and shape than the openings in the first tool. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The set of wall texturing tools of claim 6 wherein the first tool is a different color than the second tool. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The set of wall texturing tools of claim 7 wherein the first and second tools are transparent.