Patent ID: 8292528

Claim:
An applicator for applying drywall mastic or other material to a flat drywall surface or to an outside corner drywall joints or other surface comprising: a body member having a front, a rear, a pair of sides and an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface being provided with a recess for containing the material prior to the application thereof; at least one pair of opposed arms pivotally mounted on one of the sides of the body member for movement between deployed and retracted positions about pivot points that are spaced from each other along the side of the body member, the pivot point of each arm being located at one end of the arm and the arms of the pair extending away from each other along the side of the body member, terminating at an outwardly facing end of each arm; a corner guide at the outwardly facing end of each arm extending beyond the lower surface of the body member when the arm is in the deployed position in order to track an outside edge of a drywall corner joint; and a biasing member for biasing the pair of arms to the deployed position when the arms are not located over a flat drywall surface and for allowing the arms to move to the retracted position when the arms are located over a flat drywall surface.