Patent Publication Number: US-2019177040-A1

Title: Home repair and paint storage kit

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S) 
     The present application is a Continuation-in-Part application related to and claims priority to Pending U.S. Non-Provisional application Ser. No. 15/354,127 filed Nov. 17, 2016 and is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     The following includes information that may be useful in understanding the present disclosure. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art nor material to the presently described or claimed inventions, nor that any publication or document that is specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art. 
     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates generally to the field of home repair and more specifically relates to a home repair kit. 
     DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART 
     Many people live and work in residential and commercial buildings. Often times when moving furniture and the like walls get scraped and damaged requiring the need for a minor repair. Generally making these minor repairs are quite time consuming and may require multiple trips to the hardware store. This is inefficient and leads to extended repair time which is not desirable. 
     U.S. Pat. No. 2010/0108685 to Roger Kent Mills II relates to a paint pal assembly. The described paint pal assembly includes an oversized inner paint pan, an organizer tool tray for storing tools, and a storage container with an airtight sealed lid. The container is adapted and dimensioned to store the inner paint tray and the organizer tool tray therein. The organizer tool tray has a plurality of compartments for storing several brushes and a specific compartment designed to store the paint roller. The inner paint tray is larger than the conventional paint tray and has legs which allow the pan to sit level on a flat surface. The inner tray is tapered and walled. The assembly further comprises specially designed ergonomic paint brushes. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known home repair means art, the present disclosure provides a novel home repair system. The general purpose of the present disclosure, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a home repair system. 
     A home repair system is disclosed herein, the home repair system comprising: a storage container having internal compartmental divisions; the storage container having a hinged top cover, a bottom, four side walls, at least one divider wall, an internal organizer, a handle, at least one hinge, at least one lock, at least one hand tool, and contained repair materials. 
     A home repair system is disclosed in this document. The system conveniently assembles the necessary tools and supplies and in some cases instructions to carry out the repairs, which are usually minor home repairs. Having a self-contained kit removes some of the hesitancy an inexperienced repair person might feel about undertaking these repairs themselves. 
     In some embodiments, the system includes a storage container with dividers to contain and organize the tools and repair materials. The storage container has paint storage receptacles for receiving mixed paint, such as house paint for a particular wall or area of a house or apartment. The system also has syringes that in some cases are useful for depositing the house paint into individual storage receptacles. In some cases, the system has labels for recording pertinent information about the house paint, and the receptacles have areas, or dedicated areas, to receive those labels. 
     In some classes of embodiments, the system includes tool storage positions that are customized to the tool in question. In these or other embodiments, the storage container lid is arranged so that when closed, it automatically closes any open lids on the paint storage receptacles. 
     Useful tools include the following: hammers, putty knives, razor knives, jam saws, paint rollers, paint trays, variously sized vials with or without pour caps, syringes, paint containers, trays, mess trays, sponges, paint brushes, and bottles, such as water bottles. 
     Useful materials include the following: putty for patching, wood glues, screws, nails, tape, painter&#39;s tape, drywall tape, patches, mesh patches, stir sticks, and adhesive labels. 
     In some embodiments, the storage container is of a convenient size, such as having outside dimensions of 19½ inches by 12 inches by 5½ inches. The storage containers can be made from a variety of materials including pine. 
     The system can be used by storing an amount of the paint in a labeled paint receptacle, which indicates where the paint has been used. A system syringe can facilitate filling the paint receptacles with paint. Later when a touch up is needed, the system transports easily to the repair site and the necessary wall patching and filling materials are there to repair the wall and then paint the repair. 
     For purposes of summarizing the invention, certain aspects, advantages, and novel features of the invention have been described herein. It is to be understood that not necessarily all such advantages may be achieved in accordance with any one particular embodiment of the invention. Thus, the invention may be embodied or carried out in a manner that achieves or optimizes one advantage or group of advantages as taught herein without necessarily achieving other advantages as may be taught or suggested herein. The features of the invention which are believed to be novel are particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following drawings and detailed description. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The figures which accompany the written portion of this specification illustrate embodiments and methods of use for the present disclosure, a home repair system, constructed and operative according to the teachings of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective view of the home repair system during an ‘in-use’ condition, according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a perspective view of the home repair system of  FIG. 1 , according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a front view of the home repair system of  FIG. 1 , according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  shows a kit of the home repair system of  FIG. 1 , according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a flow diagram illustrating a method of use for the home repair system, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     
    
    
     The various embodiments of the present invention will hereinafter be described in conjunction with the appended drawings, wherein like designations denote like elements. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     As discussed above, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a home repair and more particularly to a home repair system, entitled ‘SMART JOB’, as used to improve the ease and convenience of repairs. 
     Generally speaking, in preferred embodiments, the invention comprises a solid pine box that is 19½ inches long by 12 inches wide by 5½ inches deep. It has a ⅝ inch thick by 19½ inches long by 12 inch wide base that is glued to be water tight to the side walls. The walls are ⅝ inch thick solid pine with mitered and glued corners and are 4⅛ inches in height with an inside perimeter of 18 inches by 11 inches. It has a 19½ inches by 12 inches by ⅝ inch thick top cover hinged with a brass piano hinge having a fixed stop so that the top cover can rest in an open position. It has a brass handle for carrying. It has a latch/lock for holding the top cover in a closed position. When locked in the closed position the top cover forms a friction fit holding the components within the box in a sealed and organized manner. As well when the top cover is closed it snaps all the caps of the storage vials shut. 
     Within the box there are preferably two compartments; the first compartment 13% inches long by 11 inches wide by 4⅛ inches deep and holds touch up vials, paint brushes, paint rollers, small paint trays, putty crayons, nails, screws, syringes, sponges, drywall tape and mesh. The compartment also has a storage organizer that is customized to hold all the components in an organized friction fit configuration. A second compartment, measuring 11 inches long by 4 inches wide and 4⅛ inches deep, is designed to hold tools, and components that are not easily organized. When the box is closed and locked all the necessary items commonly used for minor home repair can be safely secured and transported. Having all of the necessary components for the minor repair conveniently located in one kit provides those who are inexperienced with such minor repairs the confidence to attempt the repairs themselves. 
     As such, the present invention comprises a kit; the kit including a syringe (such as a large syringe or a 1.5 ounce syringe) for extracting mixed paint from a paint can (such as a gallon paint can) so that it can be stored in a storage vial for future touch up. An adhesive label containing for example a room number, date, paint code, paint type, paint manufacture and such is provided for storing paint for future touch up repairs and reference. Further, an assortment of vials and labels may be provided for each room in the house or building. For minor dents and holes, a spackle compound is also provided. The spackle repair compound having a built-in sealer is used to reduce repair time and cost. In some embodiments, empty paint containers have a label for recording the age or date, color (or color code), finish, of the paint and for recording which room the paint has been used in. Alternatively, the empty paint containers have a space reserved for mounting such a label. In some embodiments, the label includes an indication of where the paint was purchased, the type of paint (eggshell, flat, semigloss, etc.). In some embodiments, one or more syringes are adapted to deposit paint in a storage vial or on the article to be painted. 
     In some embodiments, the kit contains vials, such as pourable paint vials or touch of paint vials, paint trays, one or more syringe is (in some cases of different volumes), sealed water bottles, paint rollers, paint stir sticks, sponge pads, sanding blocks, scrub pads, glue (white or cyanoacrylate)), and paint brushes. In these or other embodiments, as a kit contains putty knives, sanding blocks, a hammer (for instance 8 ounce), the utility knife a drywall saw, a nail punch (such as a find tip nail punch) putty pencils, drywall screws (in some cases of different lengths and in some cases contained in a vial), nails (in some cases different lengths, galvanized, and in some cases contained in a vial), pencils, pens, fiber mesh tape (sheets or rolls), drywall tape, painter&#39;s tape, white silicone (interior and exterior), patch and primer wall putty, standard wall putty (spackle), as well as other components known by those of ordinary skill in the art to be useful for performing home repairs or minor home repairs. 
     Referring now more specifically to the drawings by numerals of reference, there is shown in  FIGS. 1-4 , various views of a home repair system  100 .  FIG. 1  shows a home repair system  100  during an ‘in-use’ condition  150 , according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Here, the home repair system  100  may be beneficial for use by a user  140  to provide a portable minor home repair kit  105 . As illustrated, the home repair system  100  may include a storage container  110  having internal compartmental divisions; the storage container  110  having a hinged top cover  120 , a bottom  122 , four side walls ( 124 ,  126 ,  128 ,  130 ), at least one divider wall  132 , an internal organizer  160 , a handle  170 , at least one hinge  164 , at least one lock  168 , at least one hand tool  10 , and contained repair materials  20 ; wherein the home repair system  100  comprises the storage container  110 . 
     The storage container  110 , is configured with internal compartmental divisions to organize a minor repair kit  105 . The storage container  110 , is defined by a bottom  122 , four sides ( 124 ,  126 ,  128 ,  130 ), and a hinged top cover  120 , wherein the hinged top cover  120 , is rotatably related to the storage container  110 , via at least one hinge  164 , such that the storage container  110 , is able to be opened and closed as desired. 
     The storage container  110  having internal compartmental divisions is interiorly defined by at least one divider wall  132 , and an internal organizer  134 ; accordingly, at least one divider wall  132  and an internal organizer  134  are useful for separably storing at least one hand tool  10 , and contained repair materials  20 . In some embodiments, internal organizer  134  is useful for separably storing only one type of hand tool  10 . In some embodiments, internal organizer  134  is useful for separably storing only one type of repair materials  20 . In some embodiments, internal organizer  134  is useful for separably storing only one type of paint storage receptacle. Some embodiments contain more than one internal hand compartment or compartmental division with each one structured and arranged for receiving only one of the plurality of hand tools discussed above. Some embodiments contain more than one internal repair material compartment or compartmental division with each structured and arranged for receiving only one of a plurality of repair materials. Some embodiments contain more than one internal paint storage receptacle compartmental or compartmental division with each structured and arranged for receiving only one of a plurality of paint storage receptacles. 
     A handle  170 , is affixed to the storage container  110 , such that the storage container  110 , is able to be carried between locations; the storage container  110  includes at least one lock  168 , allowing the storage container  110  to be locked as desired for security, and so that the storage container  110 , provides organized secured storage of a minor home repair kit  105 , at least one hand tool  10 , and contained repair materials  20 , for remote use. In some embodiments, the home repair kit  105  provides tools and repair materials for minor repairs of the home. 
     Further, in some embodiments, the storage container  110 , comprises a box (pine or other materials may be used) with outside dimensions of 19½ inches by 12 inches by 5½ inches therefore having a bottom  122 , measuring 19½ inches by 12 inches by ⅝ inch thick. The storage container  110 , includes a first side wall  124 , measuring ⅝ inch thick by 4⅛ inches high, a second side wall  126 , measuring ⅝ inch thick by 4⅛ inches high, a third side wall  128 , measuring ⅝ inch thick by 4⅛ inches high and a fourth sidewall  130 , measuring ⅝ inch thick by 4⅛ inches high. Other dimensions may be used. In some embodiments, the storage container  110 , comprises a box with outside dimensions of exactly 19½ inches by 12 inches by 5½ inches therefore having a bottom  122 , measuring exactly 19½ inches by 12 inches by ⅝ inch thick. 
     The hinged top cover  120 , of the storage container  110 , measures 19½ inches by 12 inches by ⅝ inch thick and the hinged top cover  120  and includes at least one hinge  164 , preferably comprising a piano hinge. The storage container  110  also includes a brass handle  170 . In some embodiment, the hinged top cover  120  measures exactly 19½ inches×12 inches×⅝ thick 
     The storage container  110 , having internal compartmental divisions, includes at least one divider wall  132 , measuring ⅝ inch thick by 4⅛ inches high and is configured to have an internal organizer  160  for receiving paint storage receptacles  25 . The paint storage receptacles  25 , comprise receivers and the compartmental divisions include a plastic internal organizer  160 . 
     Relationally speaking, the at least one divider wall  132 , is orientated parallel to the first sidewall  124 , and third sidewall  128 , and perpendicular to a second the sidewall  126 , and fourth a sidewall  130 , the internal organizer  160 , comprises receivers; the receivers are comprised of cylindrical and 3-d rectangular volumes. 
     According to one embodiment, the home repair system  100  may be arranged as a kit  105 . In particular, the home repair system  100  may further include a set of instructions  155 . The instructions  155  may detail functional relationships in relation to the structure of the home repair system  100  (such that the home repair system  100  can be used, maintained, or the like, in a preferred manner). Home repair system comprises: a storage container  110 , having internal compartmental divisions the storage container  110  includes, a hinged top cover  120 , a bottom  122 , four side walls ( 124 ,  126 ,  128 ,  130 ), at least one divider wall  132 , a internal organizer  160 , a handle  170 , at least one hinge  164 , at least one lock  168 , two paint trays  35 , including an upper tray and a lower tray, at least one hand tool  10 , contained repair materials  20 , and a set of user instructions  107 . The storage container  110  provides organized secured storage of a minor home repair kit  105 , at least one hand tool  10 , and contained repair materials  20 , for remote use. 
     Hand tools in kit  105  in storage container  110  preferably comprise: a hammer  45 , a wood glue  55 , a putty knife  65 , a razor knife  75 , a jam saw  85 , paint rollers  95 , paint trays  35  (such as two or more paint trays), including an upper tray and a lower tray, 2 ounce vials with pour caps  200 , 1 ounce vials  202 , syringes  204 , 3 ounce paint containers  206 , mess trays  208 , sponges  210 , paint brushes  212  and a water bottle  214 . 
     Repair materials  20  of kit  105  comprise: putty for patching  216 , wood glue  55 , plugs for hanging pictures, white silicone, poly-filler for large holes, screws  218 , nails  220 , painter&#39;s tape  222 , drywall tape  224 , mesh patches  226 , stir sticks  228  and adhesive labels  228 . Other materials and hand tools may be included. In some versions, screws and nails and other small items or materials are optionally stored in a vial. In some embodiments, the paint containers contain wall paint or other decorative paint, but not artists paint. 
       FIG. 5  is a flow diagram illustrating a method  500  for home repairs, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. In particular, the method  500  for minor home repair may include one or more components or features of the home repair system  100  as described above. As illustrated, the method  500  for using minor home repair may include the steps of: step one  501 , transporting the system from a storage area to a work location; step two  502 , positioning the kit for convenient access; step three  503 , utilizing at least one hand tool  10 , and contained repair materials  20 , of kit  105 , for needed repairs; step four  504 , cleaning and returning tools and materials to storage container; step five  505 , transporting kit back to storage area. 
     It should be noted that steps one  501 , and step five  505 , are optional steps and may not be implemented in all cases. Optional steps of method of use  500  are illustrated using dotted lines in  FIG. 5  so as to distinguish them from the other steps of method of use  500 . It should also be noted that the steps described in the method of use can be carried out in many different orders according to user preference. The use of “step of” should not be interpreted as “step for”, in the claims herein and is not intended to invoke the provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 112(f). It should also be noted that, under appropriate circumstances, considering such issues as design preference, user preferences, marketing preferences, cost, structural requirements, available materials, technological advances, etc., other methods for minor home repair system (e.g., different step orders within above-mentioned list, elimination or addition of certain steps, including or excluding certain maintenance steps, etc.), are taught herein. 
     The embodiments of the invention described herein are exemplary and numerous modifications, variations and rearrangements can be readily envisioned to achieve substantially equivalent results, all of which are intended to be embraced within the spirit and scope of the invention. Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientist, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application.