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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2000
Raymond N. Taylor, Signal Mountain, TN (US);
Martin L. Anderson, Maple Lake, MN (US);
National Carpet Equipment, Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Abstract
The wall trimmer for carpet and vinyl floor coverings is a hand tool for cutting floor coverings flush to the wall. The wall trimmer may be used in both directions along walls, and may be used right or left handed. The wall trimmer includes a base plate that allows the wall trimmer to be slid on the surface of floor coverings. The base plate is wide and flat, which stabilizes the tool for true cuts along the walls. There is also a handle assembly that is used to move the wall trimmer along its path, which is attached to the base plate. The handle assembly can be easily angularly adjusted for different jobs. The wall trimmer also includes a blade guide assembly that retains a pair of blades that are used to cut the floor covering. The blades are retained at an angle of about 15 to 25 degrees from the base plate. This shallow angle allows for good cutting with little effort. The blades are also crossed so that the trimmer is able to cut floor coverings closer to the corners of rooms. In addition, there are multiple depth settings for the blades for different types of floor coverings that may be cut. The wall trimmer also includes a mounting assembly on the base plate on which the blade guide assembly is mounted. This mounting assembly allows the blade guide assembly to be mounted at different heights for different piles of carpeting or different floor coverings, and may be done quickly and easily without having to disassemble the wall trimmer.