Patent ID: 6627292
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: B29C,E04G,Y10T

Abstract:
A surface repair patch assembly for closing an opening around a fixture adjacent a surface, the surface repair patch assembly comprising:a curable repair compound; a flat sheet comprised of polymeric material having a first side, a second side, a periphery, and a plurality of openings extending from the first side to the second side of the sheet, the openings are arranged about the sheet so that a network of strips of material is formed, the strips being joined by an array of junctions, the strips capable of being plastically deformed in any direction so that the sheet may be shaped to correspond to the contour of the surface, and the openings in said sheet being sufficiently large to facilitate embedment of said sheet in a settable compound, the sheet including a removable section having a border defined by a first line of holes joined to said sheet by tearable segments of said polymeric material, the first line of holes and said tearable segments facilitating removal of the removable section from the sheet upon fracture of said tearable segments, said sheet and curable repair compound are mutually supporting each other to hold their position in a stable configuration on a surface before the repair compound is cured.