US 11,885,144 B2
Drywall repair apparatus and method
Gregory Carlson, Owens Cross Roads, AL (US)
Filed by Gregory Carlson, Owens Cross Roads, AL (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/370,501.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/050,084, filed on Jul. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0010572 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. E04G 23/02 (2006.01); E04F 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC E04G 23/0203 (2013.01) [E04F 21/16 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drywall repair device, for repairing a hole in a drywall panel, comprising:
a unitary elongate plank of one-piece construction having a front surface, a back surface, a first end, a second end, a point defining one of the first end and the second end and a beveled edge located along a side edge of the point;
a cylindrical puck integrally positioned along an intermediate portion of the plank, the cylindrical puck having a top surface with an aperture defined therein, the top surface elevated from the front surface of the plank, the cylindrical puck having a diameter corresponding with a width of the elongate plank; and
a tensioner removably received in the aperture of the cylindrical puck, the tensioner configured to apply a tension to the top surface of the cylindrical puck to retain the drywall repair device in the hole in the drywall panel.