Template system for locating and cutting wall or ceiling openings

a technology for locating and cutting ceiling openings, applied in the direction of cables, instruments, constructions, etc., can solve the problems of affecting the alignment and attachment of the wall plate covering the outlet, affecting the stability, and being less able to support and secure the gang box, so as to achieve quick and efficient positioning of cutouts

US20050060904A1Inactive Publication Date: 2005-03-24BOYS MARK A
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US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
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Publication Date
2005-03-24
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Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A template system for guiding drywall cutouts has at least one control box incorporating a stud-finder, and a system of interconnecting extensions attached to the control box, the extensions forming a predetermined geometrical shape. The template system is characterized in that, with the template system positioned against a drywall, individual edges of the interconnecting extensions serve as guides for a cutting tool to cut out a portion of the drywall in the predetermined geometrical shape formed by the interconnecting extensions.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The present invention is related to commercial or residential electrical wiring and component installation, and pertains more particularly to a template system for locating and cutting gang openings for installing stud-mounted “old work” electrical gang boxes. The invention is further directed to a template system for easily locating and cutting other openings of various sizes in a wall, ceiling or other surface. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] Wiring and other components for electrical, networking or other such systems in a residential or commercial structure is installed utilizing either “new work” or “old work” installation techniques. The term “new work”, such as when used with reference to installing wiring and components in new home construction, refers to installation of the wiring and components wherein the wiring and components are routed through and installed within the framing of the structure prior to installation of the drywall wall / ceil...

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[0036]FIG. 1 illustrates an outline for an opening to be cut into a section of drywall, for both a single and a dual gang box opening, located adjacent to, and aligned with a vertical framing stud within a wall, to which a gang box is to be mounted. Drywall 11 covers stud 13 as is typical in the construction of a wall. Typically the outline of a rectangular cutout for a gang box is marked or scribed upon the outer surface of drywall 11, in a preferred position for installing either a single or dual gang box to stud 13. In order for proper alignment of the newly installed gang box, the left vertical edge of the cutout outline, represented by line 20 in the illustration, is adjacent to, and aligned with the right vertical edge of stud 13, represented as surface 15. In the illustration an outline for the cutout required for a single-gang opening is represented by the rectangular shape formed by line 19 intersected by lines 21 and 22, the rectangular outline having a width of dimension ...