Patent Application
20220282498
Within the construction/household repair industry painting rooms and redoing stained finished trim is a common necessity. However, that task can be labor some and often requires having to replace new trim and/or spraying surfaces in prep to isolate the work actually to be renovated, all of which prolongs work time and still may lead to trim damage. There have been no products available as original equipment or as an aftermarket to address this problem.
A cleaner more efficient process to complete initial and recurring work requirements pertaining to external and internal trim work. There have been no products available as original equipment or as an aftermarket to address this problem either.
There exists a need for Reusable Trim that is not being met by any known or disclosed device or system of present. The need is economical and practical for the professional finish carpenter and the home owner and home improvement warrior.
The Reusable Trim System disclosed also known as the TR′IT trim reusable installation tool, introduces a novel disclosure that manages work tasks related to trim repairs. Ingenious and practical, the reusable trim system offers a modern system that allows interior and exterior trim to be installed with ease while preserving a professional finish. The reusable trim system ultimately preserves old trim from breaking during removal of nailed in preexisting trim. This tool, also, enables quick clean up post use.
The disclosure includes a magnifying glass shaped slot in a back thereof having a handle portion and a circular portion wherein the handle portion flanges out into a recess of a width and a depth equal to a width and a depth of the circular portion. The disclosure also includes an offset fastener having a head offset from and a body wherein the head is received into the circular portion and a body thereof slides through the handle portion as the head slides through the recess portion and locks therein. The disclosure further includes a backing trim configured to be adjacent the back of the carpentry trim and provide a fastening substrate for a plurality of fasteners therefrom into the carpentry trim.
Throughout the description, similar reference numbers may be used to identify similar elements depicted in multiple embodiments. Although specific embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated, the invention is not to be limited to the specific forms or arrangements of parts so described and illustrated. The scope of the invention is to be defined by the claims appended hereto and their equivalents.
Reference will now be made to exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used herein to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the disclosure is thereby intended. Alterations and further modifications of the inventive features illustrated herein and additional applications of the principles of the inventions as illustrated herein, which would occur to one skilled in the relevant art and having possession of this disclosure, are to be considered within the scope of the invention.
The disclosed TR′IT Trim Reusable Tool allows most interior and exterior trim to be installed and removed without the need for nails. Thus eliminating: the requirement to purchase new trim, minimizing or eliminating taping trim to paint, and allowing trim to be removed placed in a convenient location to repaint or refurbish without splashing or splattering on existing floors, walls, and ceilings. It reduces cost and environmentally friendly by preserving the old trim from breaking during the removal process of trim that is nailed in. By using the TR′IT Trim Reusable Tool it allows for quick painting by eliminating hours of work taping and the tedious work with a professional finish. The tool works with Dremel or similar like items with a guard to keep a straight surface while drilling and cutting slots. A grommet with a point is used with an interference to identify the exact location to place the fastener while the entire removal process simply requires a utility knife to cut before trim removal.
Although the operations of the method(s) herein are shown and described in a particular order, the order of the operations of each method may be altered so that certain operations may be performed in an inverse order or so that certain operations may be performed, at least in part, concurrently with other operations. In another embodiment, instructions or sub-operations of distinct operations may be implemented in an intermittent and/or alternating manner.
