- Patent Title: Tapeless fastening and finishing system for wallboard installation
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Application No.: US17431415Application Date: 2020-02-14
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Publication No.: US12024902B2Publication Date: 2024-07-02
- Inventor: Charles W. Mineo , Samuel J. Mineo , Mark F. Mineo
- Applicant: TRUE CORNERS, LLC
- Applicant Address: US FL Osprey
- Assignee: TRUE CORNERS, LLC
- Current Assignee: TRUE CORNERS, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Osprey
- Agency: COZEN O'CONNOR
- International Application: PCT/US2020/018444 2020.02.14
- International Announcement: WO2020/168301A 2020.08.20
- Date entered country: 2021-08-16
- Main IPC: E04F19/06
- IPC: E04F19/06 ; E04F19/02

Abstract:
A wallboard-fastening device secures first and second wallboards to a framing member without fasteners passing through the wallboards. The device includes first, second, and third framing panels joined along lengthwise edges to form a three-sided cup sized to fit around the framing member, first and second flat-spring flanges joined along lengthwise edges to form a front seam, and a channel-dividing panel joined lengthwise to the front seam and to the second framing panel to form first and second channels that receive the first and second wallboards. The flat-spring flanges flex to exert restoring forces on the wallboards that push the wallboards against the second framing panel. The device may be configured for edge joints, outside-corner joints, and inside-corners, and thus may be combined for any type of wallboard installation, including both parallel and perpendicular applications.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220120097A1 TAPELESS FASTENING AND FINISHING SYSTEM FOR WALLBOARD INSTALLATION Public/Granted day:2022-04-21
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