Patent Application
20180133740
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The disclosure and prior art relates to template devices and more particularly pertains to a new template device for protecting a floor and a baseboard from paint when a wall is painted.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a vertical support surface and a horizontal support surface intersecting the vertical support surface. A baseboard is coupled to the vertical support surface. The baseboard is coextensive with an intersection between the vertical support surface and the horizontal support surface. A template is provided and the template is selectively positioned on the horizontal support surface. Thus, the template inhibits paint from spilling on the horizontal support surface when the vertical support surface is painted. The template is selectively positioned to cover the baseboard. Thus, the template inhibits the paint from contacting the baseboard when the vertical support surface is painted.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A baseboard 16 is provided. The baseboard 16 is coupled to the vertical support surface 12. Moreover, the baseboard 16 is coextensive with an intersection between the vertical support surface 12 and the horizontal support surface 14. The baseboard 16 may be baseboard 16 of any conventional design.
A template 18 is provided and the template 18 is selectively positioned on the horizontal support surface 14. Thus, the template 18 inhibits paint from spilling on the horizontal support surface 14 when the vertical support surface 12 is painted. The paint may be latex paint applied with a roller or the like. The template 18 is selectively positioned to cover the baseboard 16. Thus, the template 18 inhibits the paint from contacting the baseboard 16 when the vertical support surface 12 is painted.
The template 18 comprises a plate 20 that has a first surface 22, a second surface 24 and a peripheral edge 26 extending therebetween. The peripheral edge 26 has a first lateral side 28, a second lateral side 30 and a front side 32. The plate 20 has a first bend 34 thereon to define a first horizontal portion 36 forming a first angle 38 with a vertical portion 40. Moreover, the first bend 34 extends between the first lateral side 28 and the second lateral side 30.
The plate 20 has a second bend 42 thereon to define a second horizontal portion 44 forming a second angle 43 with the vertical portion 40. The second bend 42 extends between the first lateral side 28 and the second lateral side 30. The first angle 38 is congruent with the second angle 43. Thus, the second horizontal portion 44 is oriented parallel with the first horizontal portion 36. The first bend 34 is spaced from the second bend 42.
The plate 20 may have a width ranging between eighty five cm and ninety five cm. The first horizontal portion 36 may have a length ranging between thirty five cm and forty five cm. The vertical portion 40 may have a height ranging between seven cm and fifteen cm. Finally, the second horizontal portion 44 may have a length ranging between two cm and ten cm.
In use, that plate 20 is positioned on the horizontal support surface 14 when vertical support surface 12 is to be painted. The first surface 22 corresponding to the first horizontal portion 36 rests on the horizontal support surface 14. Thus, the second surface 24 corresponding to the first horizontal portion 36 inhibits the paint from contacting the horizontal support surface 14. The front side 32 abuts the vertical support surface 12 having the second horizontal portion 44 being spaced from the baseboard 16. Thus, the second surface 24 corresponding to the second horizontal portion 44 inhibits the paint from contacting the base board. The plate 20 is selectively moved along an entire length of the vertical support surface 12 when the vertical support surface 12 is painted.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, system and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
