Patent ID: 6209277
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: E04F,E04G,Y10S

Abstract:
A wallboard clip for securing a patch wallboard to an existing wallboard to repair the existing wallboard, the wallboard clip comprising:patch wallboard receiving structure constructed and arranged to receive a patch wallboard so as to capture a peripheral portion of inner and outer opposing surfaces of the patch wallboard;an existing wallboard gripping member constructed and arranged to contact a peripheral portion of an outer surface of an existing wallboard to be repaired, said existing wallboard gripping member being coupled to said patch wallboard receiving structure such that the peripheral portion of the outer surface of the patch wallboard and the peripheral portion of the outer surface of the existing wallboard are arranged substantially in a common plane when the patch wallboard is in a repaired position within the existing wallboard; andsecuring structure coupled to the existing wallboard gripping member, said securing structure being constructed and arranged to an contact a side surface of the existing wallboard to secure the patchboard in the repaired position, wherein an outer surface of said wallboard clip exposed when said patchboard is secured in the repaired position being suitable for concealing by patching techniques.