CA2500995A1 - Paint shielding device for vehicle tire rims and method of using same - Google Patents
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Abstract
A paint shield is used for masking a tire during painting of the tire rim. The paint shield includes a plurality of curved or arcuate pieces which have a radially extending inner edge having a radius of curvature selected generally equal to a radius of curvature of the rim. The pieces are formed from a semi-rigid material having an adhesive backing and a release sheet which is selectively removable so as to expose only a portion of said adhesive backing adjacent the inner edge. In use, the release sheet is removed from each of the curved pieces, and thereafter the curved pieces are adhered to the sidewall of the tire with their inner edge positioned immediately adjacent to said rim.
Description
PAINT SHIELDING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE TIRE RIMS
AND METHOD OF USING SAME
SCOPE OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a device used to shield paint, lacquer or other spray coating overspray from vehicle tire wheels or rims. More particularly, the invention relates to a shield device comprised of a number of curved or arcuate pieces adapted to be temporarily affixed to a tire sidewall to allow the tire rim to be painted or spray coated with the tire mounted thereto, while substantially preventing any overspray onto the tire itself.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
As a result of day-to-day driving conditions, vehicle wheels or rims (hereinafter collectively referred to as rims) are subjected to corrosive salt, dirt and mechanical abrasion.
Over time, rust, scratches and other surface defects form in visibly exposed surfaces of the vehicle rims and may detract from the overall vehicle appearance, and lessen its resale value. As a result, many vehicle owners apply paint to steel rims, or otherwise lacquer or seal coat chrome or aluminum wheels to inhibit corrosion, and provide the vehicle with an overall enhanced, aesthetically pleasing appearance.
AND METHOD OF USING SAME
SCOPE OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a device used to shield paint, lacquer or other spray coating overspray from vehicle tire wheels or rims. More particularly, the invention relates to a shield device comprised of a number of curved or arcuate pieces adapted to be temporarily affixed to a tire sidewall to allow the tire rim to be painted or spray coated with the tire mounted thereto, while substantially preventing any overspray onto the tire itself.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
As a result of day-to-day driving conditions, vehicle wheels or rims (hereinafter collectively referred to as rims) are subjected to corrosive salt, dirt and mechanical abrasion.
Over time, rust, scratches and other surface defects form in visibly exposed surfaces of the vehicle rims and may detract from the overall vehicle appearance, and lessen its resale value. As a result, many vehicle owners apply paint to steel rims, or otherwise lacquer or seal coat chrome or aluminum wheels to inhibit corrosion, and provide the vehicle with an overall enhanced, aesthetically pleasing appearance.
2 In vehicle repairs, paint and other sealant coatings are typically applied in the form of a pressurized spray, to ensure the even application of the coating to provide the finished rims with a "factory finished" appearance. The application of paints and other coatings in spray form, however, presents a specific challenge for individuals who wish to effect vehicle repairs at home.
In particular, to prevent any overspray of the coating from adhering to the sidewalk of the vehicle tires, it is necessary to either remove the tires completely from the rims or apply masking over the exposed sidewall surface of the tire. Because of the curvature of the rim and the tire sidewalk the application of conventional masking such as tapes and the like is often time consuming, and frequently ineffective in adequately covering the tire sidewall surface, particularly at points immediately adjacent to the tire rim.
In an attempt to overcome some of the disadvantages associated with prior art devices, the inventor has proposed a paint shield which is formed from a series of arcuate strips or pieces, and which are provided with an adhesive backing over their entire back surface. The inventor has, however, appreciated that because of the laterally outward radial curvature of the tire sidewalk the adhesion of the entire back surface of such strips to the tire sidewall disadvantageously makes the correct positioning of such strips extremely difficult. Furthermore, in addition to hindering placement of the strips, the adhesion of radially outermost edges of the curved strips to the tire may produce either incorrect positioning of the strips or gaps between adjacent strips by reason of the changing curvature of the tire sidewall as it extends first laterally outwardly away from the rim and then inwardly in the reversed direction towards the tire tread.
._ 3 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide a paint shield for use with vehicle tire rims which may be easily and quickly installed, so as to substantially completely overlie the portion of the tire sidewall adjacent to the rim.
Another object of the invention is to provide a paint shield which is formed from one or more pieces of a bendable or semi-rigid material having an adhesive backing, and which are adapted to be attached selectively to only a laterally outward curving portion of a tire sidewall which is adjacent to the vehicle rim.
Another object of the invention is to provide a paint shield which is formed from three or more pieces of bendable cardboard, plastic or other semi-rigid material cut into curved or arcuate shapes, and which when secured to the sidewall of a vehicle tire about the vehicle rim, extends outwardly therefrom in a generally frustoconical shape.
To at least partially achieve some of the foregoing objects, the present invention provides a paint shield used for masking a tire during painting of the tire rim. The paint shield includes a plurality of curved or arcuate pieces which have a radially extending inner edge having a radius of curvature selected generally equal to a radius of curvature of the rim. The pieces are formed from a semi-rigid material having an adhesive backing. A release sheet is provided over the adhesive backing and which is selectively removable so as to expose only a portion of said adhesive backing adjacent the inner edge. In use, the release sheet is removed from each of the curved pieces, and thereafter the curved pieces are adhered to the sidewall of the tire with their inner edge positioned immediately adjacent to said rim. Following the positioning of the paint shield, the rim is spray painted or otherwise spray coated, after which time the paint shield may be removed and discarded.
Accordingly in one aspect the present invention resides in a method of using a paint shield to mark a tire during painting of a rim upon which the tire is mounted, the paint shield comprising a plurality of curved pieces each having a radially extending inner edge with a radius of curvature generally equal to a radius of curvature of said rim and an outer edge spaced from said inner edge, each of said pieces further including an adhesive backing and a release sheet selectively removable so as to expose only said adhesive backing along a portion of said piece adjacent said inner edge, said method including removing the release sheet from a selected one of said curved pieces, and affixing said selected one of said curved pieces to said tire with the inner edge immediately adjacent to said rim.
In another aspect, the present invention resides in a paint shield for use in masking a tire during painting of a tire rim, the paint shield comprising a plurality of arcuate pieces having a radially extending inner edge with a radius of curvature selected generally equal to a radius of curvature of said tire rim and an outer edge spaced from said inner edge, each of said pieces being formed from a semi-rigid material and including an adhesive backing and a release sheet, said release sheet being selectively removable so as to expose only a portion of said adhesive backing adjacent said inner edge.
Preferably, the semi-rigid material comprises bendable cardboard or plastic.
In an alternate preferred construction, the release sheet is configured so that when removed, the exposed portion of the adhesive is selected less than two-thirds the width of the piece in a direction spanning from the inner edge to the outer edge, and more preferably the exposed portion is between about 1 and 6 cm wide in the radial direction.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Reference may now be had to the following detailed description taken together with the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 shows a perspective first view of a vehicle tire and rim with a paint shield secured thereto in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention;
Figure 2 shows a perspective top view of an arcuate shaped cardboard piece used in the paint shield of Figure 1;
Figure 3 shows a perspective rear view of the arcuate piece of Figure 2;
Figure 4 shows a lateral cross-sectional view of the tire, rim and paint shield of Figure 1 taken along lines 4-4'; and Figure 5 shows an enlarged partial cross-sectional view of the tire, rim and paint shield of Figure 4, illustrating the securement of individual arcuate cardboard pieces to the tire sidewall.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFEERRED EMBODIMENTS
Reference is first made to Figure 1 which shows a paint shield 10 for use in the application of paint spray coating a steel tire rim 20. As will be described, the paint shield 10 is configured to allow the outward facing surface 22 of the rim 20 to be spray painted, without requiring the removal of the vehicle tire 24, while substantially preventing paint overspray thereon.
Figure 1 shows best the paint shield 10 as including four curved or arcuate shaped cardboard pieces 26a,26b,26c,26d. Each of the arcuate pieces 26 are formed from semi-rigid bendable cardboard and preferably have the identical shape and size. The overall shape of the pieces 26 are selected to enable the paint shield 10 to be positioned on the tire 24, so that the pieces 26a,26b,26c,26d extend circumferentially about the entire rim 20. In this regard, each piece 26 includes a radial inner edge 28 (Figure 2) which is formed with a radius of curvature selected to substantially follow the radius of curvature of the peripheral edge 30 (Figure 1) of the rim 20.
As shown best in Figures 2 and 3, although not essential the outer surface edge 32 of each piece 26, is most preferably formed with the same radius of curvature as the inner surface edge 28. The applicant has appreciated that various manufacturing efficiencies may be obtained by such a construction. For conventional automobile rims, each piece 26 preferably is formed having an overall arcuate length of between about 20 and 40 cm, with a width W
(Figure 2) in the radial direction of between about 5 and 15 cm and most preferably about 10 cm. Larger or smaller pieces may, however, be used, depending on the intended application.
In a most simplified form, each of the pieces are provided with an adhesive layer 36 (Figure 3) applied to the rear surface thereof. It is to be appreciated that the pieces 26 could alternately be formed from semi-rigid plastics or other bendable materials.
The adhesive layer 36 most preferably comprises an adhesive which enables the temporary attachment of the individual pieces 26 to the sidewall 40 of the tire 24, to maintain the position of piece 26 thereon during any spray coating of the rim 20; but which enables complete removal of the paint shield following painting without residue.
As shown best in Figure 3, a release sheet 38 which, for example, may consist of a piece of waxed paper is provided over the adhesive layer 36. The releave sheet 78 is positioned immediately adjacent to the inner edge 28 and is removable by pulling in the direction of arrow 100 to expose a portion of the adhesive layer 36 along the entire length of the inner radial edge 28. The release sheet 38 is formed as a generally arcuate extending sheet which has a width w selected at between about 2 and 7 cm, and more preferably about 5 cm. In a most preferred construction, the width w of the release sheet is chosen at approximately one-half the maximum radial width W of the piece 26. In addition to the release sheet 38, a covering sheet 40 is provided over the remaining radially outermost edge portion of the piece 26, and which is immediately adjacent to the outer radial edge 38. The covering sheet 40 may be formed from waxed or unwaxed paper and, as will be described, is adapted to be maintained in place over the adhesive backing 36 in the use of the paint shield 10.
To position the paint shield 10, initially the arcuate pieces 26a,26b,26c,26d are secured to the tire sidewall 42 with the respective inner radial edge 28 of each piece 26, in abutting contact with the peripheral edge 30 of the rim 20. Most preferably, the arcuate pieces 26a,26b,26c,26d are secured about the rim 20, in position so that there exists at least between 1 and 2 cm of overlap (shown in phantom Figure 1) between the ends of each piece 26 and each next adjacent piece.
To secure each piece 26a,26b,26c,26d, the release sheet 38 is removed while leaving the covering sheet 40 in place, so as to only expose the adhesive layer 36 along the portion of the piece 26 adjacent to the inner radial edge 28. The applicant has appreciated that by selectively exposing the adhesive layer 36 only along the radially inwardmost edge of the arcuate piece 26, optimum positioning of the paint shield 10 along the tire 24 may be achieved.
In particular, as shown best in Figure 4, because the backing covering layer 40 remains in position over the adhesive 36 along the radial outwardmost edge portion of each piece 26, the pieces do not adhere to the portions of tire sidewall 40 which curve laterally inwardly towards the tire tread 44.
Rather, only the edge portion of each piece 26a,26b,26c,26d adjacent to the inner edge 28 is secured to the laterally outward curving portion of the sidewall 40 which curves away from the rim 20. As a result, when all of the pieces 26a,26b,26c,26d are secured in position about the tire rim 20, the paint shield 10 achieves a generally frustoconical shape shown in Figure 4 which opens outward from the outer facing and surface 22 of the rim 20 which is to be painted. As such, the paint shield 10 effectively is operable to contain any paint overspray and furthermore directs any overspray which does not directly impact the shield 10 or surface 22 outwardly away from the tire 24.
It is to be appreciated that following the spray painting of the rim 20, the paint is allowed to dry and the paint shield 10 is thereafter peeled off of the sidewall 42 and discarded.
Although the preferred embodiment of the invention discloses the paint shield 10 as comprising four arcuate pieces 26a,26b,26c,26d, the invention is not so limited. It is to be appreciated that with larger or smaller rims, the paint shield 10 could comprise a greater or fewer number of individual arcuate pieces having either greater or shorter lengths depending upon the overall wheel size which is desired.
Although the detailed description describes and illustrates various preferred embodiments, the invention is not so limited. Many modifications and variations will now occur to persons skilled in the art. For a definition of the invention, reference may be had to the appended claims.
In particular, to prevent any overspray of the coating from adhering to the sidewalk of the vehicle tires, it is necessary to either remove the tires completely from the rims or apply masking over the exposed sidewall surface of the tire. Because of the curvature of the rim and the tire sidewalk the application of conventional masking such as tapes and the like is often time consuming, and frequently ineffective in adequately covering the tire sidewall surface, particularly at points immediately adjacent to the tire rim.
In an attempt to overcome some of the disadvantages associated with prior art devices, the inventor has proposed a paint shield which is formed from a series of arcuate strips or pieces, and which are provided with an adhesive backing over their entire back surface. The inventor has, however, appreciated that because of the laterally outward radial curvature of the tire sidewalk the adhesion of the entire back surface of such strips to the tire sidewall disadvantageously makes the correct positioning of such strips extremely difficult. Furthermore, in addition to hindering placement of the strips, the adhesion of radially outermost edges of the curved strips to the tire may produce either incorrect positioning of the strips or gaps between adjacent strips by reason of the changing curvature of the tire sidewall as it extends first laterally outwardly away from the rim and then inwardly in the reversed direction towards the tire tread.
._ 3 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide a paint shield for use with vehicle tire rims which may be easily and quickly installed, so as to substantially completely overlie the portion of the tire sidewall adjacent to the rim.
Another object of the invention is to provide a paint shield which is formed from one or more pieces of a bendable or semi-rigid material having an adhesive backing, and which are adapted to be attached selectively to only a laterally outward curving portion of a tire sidewall which is adjacent to the vehicle rim.
Another object of the invention is to provide a paint shield which is formed from three or more pieces of bendable cardboard, plastic or other semi-rigid material cut into curved or arcuate shapes, and which when secured to the sidewall of a vehicle tire about the vehicle rim, extends outwardly therefrom in a generally frustoconical shape.
To at least partially achieve some of the foregoing objects, the present invention provides a paint shield used for masking a tire during painting of the tire rim. The paint shield includes a plurality of curved or arcuate pieces which have a radially extending inner edge having a radius of curvature selected generally equal to a radius of curvature of the rim. The pieces are formed from a semi-rigid material having an adhesive backing. A release sheet is provided over the adhesive backing and which is selectively removable so as to expose only a portion of said adhesive backing adjacent the inner edge. In use, the release sheet is removed from each of the curved pieces, and thereafter the curved pieces are adhered to the sidewall of the tire with their inner edge positioned immediately adjacent to said rim. Following the positioning of the paint shield, the rim is spray painted or otherwise spray coated, after which time the paint shield may be removed and discarded.
Accordingly in one aspect the present invention resides in a method of using a paint shield to mark a tire during painting of a rim upon which the tire is mounted, the paint shield comprising a plurality of curved pieces each having a radially extending inner edge with a radius of curvature generally equal to a radius of curvature of said rim and an outer edge spaced from said inner edge, each of said pieces further including an adhesive backing and a release sheet selectively removable so as to expose only said adhesive backing along a portion of said piece adjacent said inner edge, said method including removing the release sheet from a selected one of said curved pieces, and affixing said selected one of said curved pieces to said tire with the inner edge immediately adjacent to said rim.
In another aspect, the present invention resides in a paint shield for use in masking a tire during painting of a tire rim, the paint shield comprising a plurality of arcuate pieces having a radially extending inner edge with a radius of curvature selected generally equal to a radius of curvature of said tire rim and an outer edge spaced from said inner edge, each of said pieces being formed from a semi-rigid material and including an adhesive backing and a release sheet, said release sheet being selectively removable so as to expose only a portion of said adhesive backing adjacent said inner edge.
Preferably, the semi-rigid material comprises bendable cardboard or plastic.
In an alternate preferred construction, the release sheet is configured so that when removed, the exposed portion of the adhesive is selected less than two-thirds the width of the piece in a direction spanning from the inner edge to the outer edge, and more preferably the exposed portion is between about 1 and 6 cm wide in the radial direction.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Reference may now be had to the following detailed description taken together with the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 shows a perspective first view of a vehicle tire and rim with a paint shield secured thereto in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention;
Figure 2 shows a perspective top view of an arcuate shaped cardboard piece used in the paint shield of Figure 1;
Figure 3 shows a perspective rear view of the arcuate piece of Figure 2;
Figure 4 shows a lateral cross-sectional view of the tire, rim and paint shield of Figure 1 taken along lines 4-4'; and Figure 5 shows an enlarged partial cross-sectional view of the tire, rim and paint shield of Figure 4, illustrating the securement of individual arcuate cardboard pieces to the tire sidewall.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFEERRED EMBODIMENTS
Reference is first made to Figure 1 which shows a paint shield 10 for use in the application of paint spray coating a steel tire rim 20. As will be described, the paint shield 10 is configured to allow the outward facing surface 22 of the rim 20 to be spray painted, without requiring the removal of the vehicle tire 24, while substantially preventing paint overspray thereon.
Figure 1 shows best the paint shield 10 as including four curved or arcuate shaped cardboard pieces 26a,26b,26c,26d. Each of the arcuate pieces 26 are formed from semi-rigid bendable cardboard and preferably have the identical shape and size. The overall shape of the pieces 26 are selected to enable the paint shield 10 to be positioned on the tire 24, so that the pieces 26a,26b,26c,26d extend circumferentially about the entire rim 20. In this regard, each piece 26 includes a radial inner edge 28 (Figure 2) which is formed with a radius of curvature selected to substantially follow the radius of curvature of the peripheral edge 30 (Figure 1) of the rim 20.
As shown best in Figures 2 and 3, although not essential the outer surface edge 32 of each piece 26, is most preferably formed with the same radius of curvature as the inner surface edge 28. The applicant has appreciated that various manufacturing efficiencies may be obtained by such a construction. For conventional automobile rims, each piece 26 preferably is formed having an overall arcuate length of between about 20 and 40 cm, with a width W
(Figure 2) in the radial direction of between about 5 and 15 cm and most preferably about 10 cm. Larger or smaller pieces may, however, be used, depending on the intended application.
In a most simplified form, each of the pieces are provided with an adhesive layer 36 (Figure 3) applied to the rear surface thereof. It is to be appreciated that the pieces 26 could alternately be formed from semi-rigid plastics or other bendable materials.
The adhesive layer 36 most preferably comprises an adhesive which enables the temporary attachment of the individual pieces 26 to the sidewall 40 of the tire 24, to maintain the position of piece 26 thereon during any spray coating of the rim 20; but which enables complete removal of the paint shield following painting without residue.
As shown best in Figure 3, a release sheet 38 which, for example, may consist of a piece of waxed paper is provided over the adhesive layer 36. The releave sheet 78 is positioned immediately adjacent to the inner edge 28 and is removable by pulling in the direction of arrow 100 to expose a portion of the adhesive layer 36 along the entire length of the inner radial edge 28. The release sheet 38 is formed as a generally arcuate extending sheet which has a width w selected at between about 2 and 7 cm, and more preferably about 5 cm. In a most preferred construction, the width w of the release sheet is chosen at approximately one-half the maximum radial width W of the piece 26. In addition to the release sheet 38, a covering sheet 40 is provided over the remaining radially outermost edge portion of the piece 26, and which is immediately adjacent to the outer radial edge 38. The covering sheet 40 may be formed from waxed or unwaxed paper and, as will be described, is adapted to be maintained in place over the adhesive backing 36 in the use of the paint shield 10.
To position the paint shield 10, initially the arcuate pieces 26a,26b,26c,26d are secured to the tire sidewall 42 with the respective inner radial edge 28 of each piece 26, in abutting contact with the peripheral edge 30 of the rim 20. Most preferably, the arcuate pieces 26a,26b,26c,26d are secured about the rim 20, in position so that there exists at least between 1 and 2 cm of overlap (shown in phantom Figure 1) between the ends of each piece 26 and each next adjacent piece.
To secure each piece 26a,26b,26c,26d, the release sheet 38 is removed while leaving the covering sheet 40 in place, so as to only expose the adhesive layer 36 along the portion of the piece 26 adjacent to the inner radial edge 28. The applicant has appreciated that by selectively exposing the adhesive layer 36 only along the radially inwardmost edge of the arcuate piece 26, optimum positioning of the paint shield 10 along the tire 24 may be achieved.
In particular, as shown best in Figure 4, because the backing covering layer 40 remains in position over the adhesive 36 along the radial outwardmost edge portion of each piece 26, the pieces do not adhere to the portions of tire sidewall 40 which curve laterally inwardly towards the tire tread 44.
Rather, only the edge portion of each piece 26a,26b,26c,26d adjacent to the inner edge 28 is secured to the laterally outward curving portion of the sidewall 40 which curves away from the rim 20. As a result, when all of the pieces 26a,26b,26c,26d are secured in position about the tire rim 20, the paint shield 10 achieves a generally frustoconical shape shown in Figure 4 which opens outward from the outer facing and surface 22 of the rim 20 which is to be painted. As such, the paint shield 10 effectively is operable to contain any paint overspray and furthermore directs any overspray which does not directly impact the shield 10 or surface 22 outwardly away from the tire 24.
It is to be appreciated that following the spray painting of the rim 20, the paint is allowed to dry and the paint shield 10 is thereafter peeled off of the sidewall 42 and discarded.
Although the preferred embodiment of the invention discloses the paint shield 10 as comprising four arcuate pieces 26a,26b,26c,26d, the invention is not so limited. It is to be appreciated that with larger or smaller rims, the paint shield 10 could comprise a greater or fewer number of individual arcuate pieces having either greater or shorter lengths depending upon the overall wheel size which is desired.
Although the detailed description describes and illustrates various preferred embodiments, the invention is not so limited. Many modifications and variations will now occur to persons skilled in the art. For a definition of the invention, reference may be had to the appended claims.
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1. A method of using a paint shield to mark a tire during painting of a rim upon which the tire is mounted, the paint shield comprising a plurality of curved pieces each having a radially extending inner edge with a radius of curvature generally equal to a radius of curvature of said rim and an outer edge spaced from said inner edge, each of said pieces further including an adhesive backing and a release sheet selectively removable so as to expose only said adhesive backing along a portion of said piece adjacent said inner edge, said method including removing the release sheet from a selected one of said curved pieces, and affixing said selected one of said curved pieces to said tire with the inner edge immediately adjacent to said rim.
2. A paint shield for use in masking a tire during painting of a tire rim, the paint shield comprising a plurality of arcuate pieces having a radially extending inner edge with a radius of curvature selected generally equal to a radius of curvature of said tire rim and an outer edge spaced from said inner edge, each of said pieces being formed from a semi-rigid material and including an adhesive backing and a release sheet, said release sheet being selectively removable so as to expose only a portion of said adhesive backing adjacent said inner edge.
3. The paint shield as claimed in claim 2 wherein the semi-rigid material comprises cardboard.
4. The paint shield as claimed in claim 2 or claim 3 wherein the portion is selected less than two-thirds the width of the piece spanning from the inner edge to the outer edge.
5. The paint shield as claimed in claim 2 or claim 3 wherein the portion comprises approximately one-half the width of the piece.
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