Patent ID: 7370397
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: B21D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of replacement repairing a damaged vehicle door skin with a replacement vehicle door skin, said method comprising: providing a vehicle door to be repaired, said vehicle door having a reusable door frame and a damaged vehicle door skin attached to said door frame with a hem flange having a longitudinal length, providing repair tool kit with a first repair tool and a second repair tool, said first repair tool including a hem flange separation tool for reorienting said vehicle door hem flange from a first angle of orientation to a second angle of orientation, said hem flange separation tool including a separation tool guide member, and a separation tool shoe adjacent said separation tool guide member, said separation tool shoe comprising a separation tool leading portion with a separation tool leading edge adapted to be located beneath said flange and a separation tool reorienting surface for directing and displacing said flange to an orientation between said first angle of orientation and said second angle of orientation, moving said hem flange separation tool along said longitudinal length of said vehicle door hem flange of said vehicle door to reorient said vehicle door hem flange from said first angle of orientation to said second angle of orientation to separate said vehicle door skin from said door frame, removing the damaged vehicle door skin, providing a replacement vehicle door skin vehicle door hem flange repair member with an open first angle of orientation, positioning said vehicle door frame in said replacement vehicle door skin vehicle door hem flange repair member open first angle of orientation, providing a longitudinally extending bead of adhesive, said repair tool kit second repair tool comprising a second tool guide support with an upwardly extending second tool support member and a second tool guide member, said second tool support member and said second tool guide member defining a second tool vehicle door hem flange reorienting tool interior and a second tool trailing portion which includes a second tool substantially planar trailing reorienting surface, said substantially planar trailing reorienting surface substantially parallel to said second tool guide member, said substantially planar trailing reorienting surface and said parallel second tool guide member defining a second tool trailing reorienting gap therebetween, progressively displacing said second tool longitudinally along said open first angle of orientation replacement vehicle door skin hem flange repair member wherein said second tool reorienting surface progressively reorients said replacement vehicle door hem flange repair member from said open first angle of orientation and squeezes said adhesive between said vehicle door hem flange repair member and said vehicle door frame with said vehicle door frame interleaved between said vehicle door hem flange repair member and said replacement vehicle door skin into a closed second angle of orientation with said adhesive sandwiched between the vehicle door hem flange repair member and the vehicle door frame, said interleaved closed second angle of orientation vehicle door skin, vehicle door frame, vehicle door hem flange repair member and squeezed adhesive bead progressively exiting from said second tool through said second tool trailing reorienting gap as said second tool is progressively displaced along said longitudinal length.