Method of hanging wallpaper

Claim 1

The method of hanging wallpaper comprising: gripping the handle of a wallpaper hanging device, in turn comprising: an elongated handle, and an elongated wallpaper guide centrally attached to and extending at right angles with respect to and longitudinally beyond an end of said handle, and said guide having a continuous extreme outer guide edge extending in a direction normal to the direction of extension of said elongated handle and in a plane spaced from and parallel to a plane which passes through the longitudinal axis of said handle, a pair of spaced clamping means symmetrically attached to said guide on either side of the attachment of said handle, and each said clamping means including means for selectively clamping and unclamping paper; next, drawing one end region of a length of wallpaper over said guide edge and clamping said end region by said clamping means; then, with the clamping means on the side of said guide away from a wall and a relative adhesive state between a wall and wallpaper, by movement of said handle, positioning the paper on a wall with said guide edge pressing the paper against a ceiling/wall intersection; next, holding said handle out from a wall, cutting the paper along the underside of said guide edge, thereby cutting the paper closely adjacent to the ceiling; then, smoothing the paper downward; and finally, cutting the lower edge where the paper strikes the boundary of a moulding or floor.

Claim 2

The method of hanging wallpaper comprising: gripping the handle of a wallpaper hanging device, in turn comprising: an elongated handle, and an elongated wallpaper guide centrally attached to and extending at right angles with respect to and longitudinally beyond an end of said handle, and said guide having a continuous extreme outer guide edge extending in a direction normal to the direction of extension of said elongated handle and in a plane spaced from and parallel to a plane which passes through the longitudinal axis of said handle, a pair of spaced clamping means symmetrically attached to said guide on either side of the attachment of said handle, and each said clamping means including means for selectively clamping and unclamping paper; next, drawing one end region of a length of wallpaper over said guide edge and clamping said end region by said clamping means; then, with the clamping means on the side of said guide away from a wall and a relative adhesive state between a wall and wallpaper, by movement of said handle, positioning the paper on a wall with said guide edge pressing the paper against a ceiling/wall intersection; next, holding said handle out from a wall, cutting the paper along the underside of said guide edge, thereby cutting the paper closely adjacent to the ceiling; then, smoothing the paper downward; and finally, cutting the lower edge where the paper strikes the boundary of a moulding or floor.