Patent ID: 7182554

Claim:
A drywall rasp for smoothing the edges of a drywall panel at either a 45 or 90 degree angle, said rasp comprising: a body including upper and lower portions, said lower portion having a groove formed therein, the groove having first and second sections extending along an entire length thereof, said body further having front and rear portions; wherein said first section includes a plurality of juxtaposed and equidistantly spaced coextensive cutting blades extending downwardly and obliquely from a bottom surface of said body and along a partial length thereof, said blades extending across an entire width of said first section and defining a hypotenuse of a right triangle defined with one said sidewalls and said bottom surface, said blades being directly engageable along a portion of drywall for smoothing the edges thereof to a 45 degree angle; wherein said second section includes a plurality of randomly spaced protrusions having an arcuate shape and extending downwardly from said bottom surface of said lower portion along a partial length of said body, said protrusions being directly engageable along a portion of drywall for removing undesirable imperfections therefrom; a divider member bifurcating said first and second sections and extending downwardly and orthogonally from said body such that said first and second sections become isolated during operating conditions; and a plurality of sidewalls directly conjoined with said body and oppositely spaced from said divider member, said sidewalls protruding downwardly from said bottom surface and terminating at a selected distance which is coplanar with said divider member; wherein said first and second sections are recessed from said divider member and said sidewalls.