Wallboard patching apparatus

Claim 1

A wallboard patching apparatus comprising: a sheet material base having a front operating face, said base being bendable to assume a substantially smaller size, when at rest said base assuming a substantially planar configuration, said front operating face of said base to receive a quantity of an adhesive adjacent the peripheral edge of said front operating face; a lock pin removably attached to said base at said front operating face, said lock pin extending outwardly from said front operating face, the free end of said lock pin having a connecting means in the form of a hook; a bridge member to connect with said connecting means, said bridge member comprising a substantially triangularly shaped wire rod, the apex of said wire rod including means to facilitate connecting to said hook, the outer ends of said bridge member to press against the wallboard which causes an outward force being applied to said lock pin which tightly holds said sheet material base in contact with the wallboard; and whereby said base with said adhesive applied and with the lock pin connected is to be deformed and inserted entirely through a hole in the wallboard, the base is then to be released and pressed against the inside wall surface of the wallboard with the adhesive located therebetween, the bridge member is then located between the outside surface of the wallboard and the connecting means to fix the location of the base, this situation is maintained until the adhesive dries, then the bridge member and lock pin are removed, the hole in the wallboard is now readily patchable with plaster or the like.