Patent ID: 6240591
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
A handheld dry wall tool comprising:a body in the substantial shape of a disk having a center and an edge with (i) a major portion of the disk's edge being in a convex arc, and thus being a convex arcuate portion, and with (ii) a minor portion of the disk's edge being in a concave arc, and thus being a concave arcuate portion;the disk-shaped body being made of flexible material so that the disk will bend slightly backward in both its major convex, and its minor concave, arcuate portions under force of being pressed and drawn by force of the hand against flowable building material used in dry wall construction;the disk-shaped body of flexible material having at least one major surface that slopes from a first region at the center of the disk that is of relatively greater thickness towards a second region at the edge of the disk that is of relatively lesser thickness;wherein, because of its sloping surface from center to edge, and its flexible material, the disk bends progressively more under increasing force, a relatively greater resistance being accorded to a relatively greater bending induced under force of being pressed and drawn by a human hand against flowable building material during use of the tool in dry wall construction.