Patents by Inventor Wayne T. Powell

Wayne T. Powell 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).

  • Tool and methodology for patching wallboard
    Patent number: 4945700
    Abstract: A device includes a shaft having first and second ends and a length between the first and second ends sufficient to span an airspace between first and second wallboards mounted on a wall framework. First and second mountings are provided for securing a separately supplied patch to the first end of the shaft and the second end of the shaft to the second wallboard in order to support the patch in a hole in the first wallboard. A method of patching a hole in a wallboard includes providing a device as described above, securing a patch to the first end of the shaft and securing the second end of the shaft to the second wallboard so that the patch is in the hole in the first wallboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Inventor: Wayne T. Powell