Patent ID: 8881416

Claim:
An assembly for applying painter's tape to a wall for painting stripes and patterns on the wall comprising: a first elongated body defining a first straight outer edge and a first inner edge and having a first body length with a first end and an opposing second end; a second elongated body defining a second straight outer edge that is in a direction opposite of a direction of the first straight outer edge and a second inner edge facing towards the first inner edge of the first elongated body, the second elongated body having a second body length with a first end and an opposing second end; and two or more arms each having a first end rotatably coupled in a fixed position to the first elongated body and a second end co-linearly aligned at an opposing end of the arm from the first end and rotatably coupled to the second elongated body at a fixed position, each arm being a linear assembly between the first end and the second end and being rotatable relative to both the first and second elongated bodies in a plurality of angled positions with each coupling of each arm to the elongated bodies being co-linear in all angled positions and each arm being parallel to the other arms, each of the arms having an arm length spacing the first elongated body apart from the second elongated body such that the first straight outer edge is a taping distance from the second straight outer edge with the taping distance being maximized at a right angled position and increasingly decreases as the deviation of the rotated angled position from the right angle position increases, the first outer edge is maintained in a parallel position to the second outer edge during rotation of the first and second elongated bodies relative to the arms the plurality of angled positions and variable taping distances.