Patent ID: 6223801
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: B44C,Y10T

Abstract:
A multi-purpose tool for use in hanging a wallcovering, said tool comprising:a body having a first substantially flattened and planar shaped side and a second substantially flattened and planar shaped side separated from said first side by an established thickness, said body further including a top, a first pair of spaced apart and radiused corners separating said top from first and second sides of said body, and a second pair of spaced apart and radiused corners separating said first and second sides from a bottom of said body, said first pair of radiused corners each having a first selected radii greater than a second selected radii corresponding to said second pair of radiused corners; anda substantially smooth and beveled edge extending along said bottom and said sides, a rounded intersection edge extending along said top between said first and second sides and interconnecting at opposite ends with said beveled edge and defining, in combination with said beveled edge, an outer periphery of said body;said beveled and rounded intersection edges permitting said tool to glide easily over the wallcovering without marring, puncturing or tearing the wallcovering surface, said beveled and rounded intersection edges further increasing the user's ability to smooth the wallcovering to conform to the surface to which it is applied and tightly abut seams established between wallcovering pieces.