Patent ID: 8413290
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. A removable texture skin for use with a hand trowel comprising a blade with an offset handle, the texture skin comprising: (a) an elongate substantially planar flexible body having opposed ends and a peripheral side edge; (b) an entry slot extending into the body from one of the ends thereof and defining a receiving aperture extending from an open end at the one end of the body to a closed end spaced from the second end of the body; (c) an access notch extending from a top surface of the body to the receiving aperture from the open end toward the closed end thereof, the access notch having a length shorter than that of the receiving aperture; and (d) wherein the blade of the trowel is adapted to be inserted into the entry slot and the receiving aperture until the end of the access notch engages the offset handle, and further wherein the portion of the body between the end of the receiving aperture and the second end of the body is configured to cantilever from both ends of the trowel blade.