Skirtboard paint guard
View Patent ↗A paint guard for protecting a stair covering during the painting of a skirtboard on a staircase, the paint guard having a plurality of interconnected and generally perpendicular planar surfaces, including a surface for covering a portion of a stair tread, a surface for covering a portion of a stair riser, and a plurality of surfaces for covering the edges of the stair covering nearest the skirtboard. The paint guard also includes a concave portion attached to the surface for covering a portion of a stair tread, the concave portion covering a forward edge portion of a staircase tread. The paint guard is either rigidly made or constructed of a durable material that can be bent and folded into the final shape, and is adjustable in size to fit on staircases of varying dimension.
1. An article of manufacture designed to be used as a paint guard for protecting a stair covering during the painting of a skirtboard on a staircase, the staircase including a plurality of staircase treads and staircase risers, the article of manufacture comprising a planar sheet of material shaped as a rectangle, the rectangle having a first dimension in an X direction and a second dimension in a Y direction, the X direction being perpendicular to the Y direction, the planar sheet of material including:
a rectangular tread plate section having a first dimension in the X direction which is less than the first dimension of the rectangle, and a second dimension in the Y direction which is less than the second dimension of the rectangle;
a rectangular riser plate section adjoining the tread plate section along the first dimension of the rectangle, the riser plate section having a first dimension in the X direction equal to the first dimension of the tread plate section, and a second dimension in the Y direction which is less than the second dimension of the rectangle;
a first plurality of parallel indentations extending completely across the planar sheet of material between the tread plate section and the riser plate section, said plurality of indentations being parallel to the first dimension of the rectangle in the X direction;
a nose plate section attached to the tread plate section along the entire first dimension of the tread plate section at the portion thereof farthest from the riser plate section, the nose plate section having a first dimension in the X direction equal to the first dimension of the tread plate section and a second dimension in the Y direction which is less than the second dimension of the tread plate section;
a first pair of planar, rectangular side plate sections attached to the tread plate section along the entire second dimension of the tread plate section in the Y direction on each side thereof, the first pair of side plate sections each having a respective first dimension in the X direction that is less than the first dimension of the tread plate section and a respective second dimension in the Y direction equal to the second dimension of the tread plate section;
a second pair of planar, rectangular side plate sections attached to the riser plate section along the entire second dimension of the riser plate section in the Y direction on each side thereof, the second pair of side plate sections each having a respective first dimension in the X direction that is less than the first dimension of the riser plate section and a respective second dimension in the Y direction equal to the second dimension of the riser plate section;
a third pair of planar, rectangular side plate sections attached to the nose plate section along the entire second dimension of the nose plate section in the Y direction on each side thereof, the third pair of side plate sections each having a respective first dimension in the X direction that is less than the first dimension of the nose plate section and a respective second dimension in the Y direction equal to the second dimension of the nose plate section; and
a second plurality of parallel breakoff indentations extending completely across the riser plate section and the second pair of side plate sections at the portions of said second pair of side plate sections farthest from the nose plate section, said plurality of breakoff indentations being parallel to the first dimension of the rectangle in the X direction.
2. The article of manufacture of claim 1 , wherein said nose plate section has a concave curvature.
3. The article of manufacture of claim 2 , wherein said third pair of planar side plate sections attached to the nose plate section along the second dimension of the nose plate section on each side thereof each has a concave curvature matching the concave curvature of the nose plate section.
4. The article of manufacture of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the surface of the tread plate section is roughened.