Patent ID: 6073671
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: B44C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A wallpaper border installation aid comprising, in combination:a housing including a planar square front face, a planar square rear face and a periphery formed therebetween defined by a thin rectangular top face, bottom face, and pair of side faces which together define a hollow interior space, the top face having an elongated linear slot formed therein between the side faces and along a central extent thereof, an upper portion of each of the side faces each having a slot formed therein which resides in communication with the slot of the top face to define a vertical planar passage, the slots of the side faces each having a plurality of spaced perpendicularly intersecting lateral slits formed therein along a height thereof;a plurality plastic covered pins each having a conical configuration and mounted to the rear face of the housing and extending rearwardly therefrom for being removably coupled to a recipient surface;a movable guide assembly including a planar grate with a rectangular configuration defined by a pair of parallel long side edges and a pair of parallel short end edges, the movable guide being slidably situated within the interior space of the housing and further constantly residing in a horizontal plane parallel with the top face, the grate having two pairs of resilient arms each having a first end coupled to a central extent of a bottom face of the grate and a second end extending from one of the short end edges of the grate with each arm being situated along a diagonal of the grate, the second end of each arm having a sphere mounted thereon for gripping such that the arms associated with each short end edge may be biased together thus allowing the vertical movement thereof within the slots of the side faces of the housing, whereby upon the releasing of the arms, the second ends thereof insert within an associated lateral slit for precluding movement of the grate; anda drip drawer including a bottom face and a periphery coupled thereto and extending upwardly to define an open top and an interior, the periphery including a front face with a gripping handle mounted thereon, the drawer being slidably inserted within a cutout formed in the front face of the housing adjacent to the bottom face thereof for receiving fluids dripping from a wallpaper situated within the slots of the housing and slid along the grate thereof.