Patents by Inventor Mark Budzik

Mark Budzik has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20030192273
    Abstract: As extruded from a polymeric material, such as polyvinyl chloride, a drywall-trimming strip has a central portion, which has a bullnose region and two planar regions, one at each side of the bullnose portion. Further, the drywall-trimming strip has two lateral flanges, each of which is joined unitarily to the bullnose portion by a stepped junction. The bullnose region has an exterior radius of 0.350 inch approximately. Each planar region has a width of 0.217 inch approximately, as measured in a plane normal to an axis defined by the bullnose region. Each junction has a measurement of 0.095 approximately, as measured between a plane defined by the exterior surface of the bullnose portion and a plane defined by the interior surface of the flange at such junction. Having a thickness of 0.055 inch approximately, the strip is adapted to fit along an elongate corner defined by two drywall panels, each of which has a thickness not less than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Applicant: Trim-Tex, Inc..
    Inventors: Joseph M. Koenig, Mark Budzik
  • Patent number: 6571520
    Abstract: As extruded from a polymeric material, such as polyvinyl chloride, a drywall-trimming strip has a central portion, which has a bullnose region and two planar regions, one at each side of the bullnose portion. Further, the drywall-trimming strip has two lateral flanges, each of which is joined unitarily to the bullnose portion by a stepped junction. The bullnose region has an exterior radius of 0.350 inch approximately. Each planar region has a width of 0.217 inch approximately, as measured in a plane normal to an axis defined by the bullnose region. Each junction has a measurement of 0.095 approximately, as measured between a plane defined by the exterior surface of the bullnose portion and a plane defined by the interior surface of the flange at such junction. Having a thickness of 0.055 inch approximately, the strip is adapted to fit along an elongate corner defined by two drywall panels, each of which has a thickness not less than 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Trim-Tex, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Koenig, Jr., Mark Budzik
  • Publication number: 20020134035
    Abstract: As extruded from a polymeric material, such as polyvinyl chloride, a drywall-trimming strip has a central portion, which has a bullnose region and two planar regions, one at each side of the bullnose portion. Further, the drywall trimming strip has two lateral flanges, each of which is joined unitarily to the bullnose portion by a stepped junction. The bullnose region has an exterior radius of 0.350 inch approximately. Each planar region has a width of 0.217 inch approximately, as measured in a plane normal to an axis defined by the bullnose region. Each junction has a measurement of 0.095 approximately, as measured between a plane defined by the exterior surface of the bullnose portion and a plane defined by the interior surface of the flange at such junction. Having a thickness of 0.055 inch approximately, the strip is adapted to fit along an elongate corner defined by two drywall panels, each of which has a thickness not less than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Joseph M. Koenig, Mark Budzik
  • Patent number: 6145259
    Abstract: A drywall-trimming assembly comprises a drywall edge-trimming strip extruded from polyvinyl chloride and a drywall corner-trimming device molded from acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene. The drywall corner-trimming device has a projecting tab, which fits under an end portion of the drywall edge-trimming strip so that an outer surface of the projecting tab faces an inner surface of the end portion of the drywall edge-trimming strip. The projecting tab has a pattern of alternating ridges and grooves, which extend between the lateral edges of the projecting tab. An adhesive of a type that adheres comparatively less strongly to a unit of surface area of the outer surface of the projecting tab and that adheres comparatively more strongly to a unit of surface area of the inner surface of the end portion of the drywall edge-trimming strip is used for adhering the outer surface of the projecting tab to the inner surface of the end portion of the drywall edge-trimming strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Trim-Tex, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Koenig, Jr., Mark Budzik
  • Patent number: 6119420
    Abstract: For trimming an archway, a drywall-trimming has a nose with an outer surface and an inner surface. The outer surface has a curved portion conforming substantially to an arcuate profile with a radius in a range from approximately 1/4 inch to approximately 3/4 inch. The drywall-trimming strip has a series of slits defining a series of tabs spaced from one another along a tabbed edge but not extending into the nose. Near the tabbed edge, the slits have widened, oblong portions. Usually, the drywall-trimming strip has a flange extending from and along an opposite edge, but the flange is omitted for some applications. A comparatively softer portion, which includes the juncture where the tabs are joined to the tabbed edge, is made from a comparatively softer, more flexible, polymeric material, such as polyvinyl chloride having a hardness of Durometer 92 Shore A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Trim-Tex, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Koenig, Jr., Mark Budzik
  • Patent number: 5813179
    Abstract: In a drywall corner-trimming assembly, a splice is employed with two corner-trimming members, which approximate each other at one end of each member. Each member has a central portion and two flanged portions. With the splice straddling the members, a portion of one expansive surface of the splice faces the interior surface of the central portion of each member, which portion is located where the splice has at least one of the perforations. An adhesive layer is interposed between the same one of the expansive surfaces of the splice and the interior surfaces of the central portions of the members and is ventilated by the perforations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Trim-Tex, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Koenig, Jr., Leopold Budzik, Mark Budzik
  • Patent number: 5740642
    Abstract: In a drywall corner-trimming assembly providing a "bullnose" configuration, two corner-trimming members and a splice are combined. Each member has a central portion and two flanged portions. The central portion has a generally arcuate profile. Each of the flanged portions extends from one of the lateral edges of the central portion at a step defining a lateral limit of a concave surface of the central portion. The members and the splice are assembled so that the splice straddles such members, so that a portion of one of the expansive surfaces of the splice faces the concave surface of the central portion of each of such members, so that the splice is concealed at least substantially by the central portions of such members are viewed, and so that each of the lateral edges of the elongate splice is pressed firmly against the step at one of the lateral edges of the central portion of each of said members. The splice is secured adhesively to the members, as by adhesive ribbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: Trim-Tex, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Koenig, Jr., Leopold Budzik, Mark Budzik
  • Patent number: D452219
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: Trim Tex, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Koenig, Jr., Mark Budzik
  • Patent number: D412673
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Trim-Tex, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Koenig, Jr., Mark Budzik
  • Patent number: D431304
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Trim-Tex, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Koenig, Jr., Mark Budzik