Masking device

• US 10,639,663 B2
• Filed: 01/09/2019
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Engineered Products And Services Inc
• Original Assignee: Engineered Products And Services Inc
• Inventors: Lopez, Jr., Mario, Cushman, Chad M., Sarajian, Kissak
• Primary Examiner(s): Thomas, Alexander S
• Application Number:
  US16/243,299
• Publication Number:
  US 20190143357A1
• Time in Patent Office: 482 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 12/20 Masking elements, i.e. elements defining uncoated areas on an object to be coated
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 12/24 made at least partly of flexible material, e.g. sheets of paper or fabric
• CPC Class Codes: B05D 1/325 Masking layer made of peelable film
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 7/29 Laminated material metallised plastics C09J7/22
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/14 Layer or component removable to expose adhesive
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/1476 Release layer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24174 including sheet or component perpendicular to plane of web or sheet

Abstract

A masking device for covering a masking area includes a first member having a first tab portion and a first base portion. The masking device also includes a second member having a second tab portion and a second base portion. A pull tab of the masking device includes the first tab portion coupled to the second tab portion. The masking device further includes a third member having a member connection surface and a masking connection surface. The member connection surface is opposite the masking connection surface. A base of the masking device includes the first base portion, the second base portion, and the third member. A first adhesive couples the member connection surface of the third member to the first base portion and to the second base portion. The masking connection surface of the third member is made to removably attach to the masking area.

Claims

1. A masking device for covering a masking area comprising:

a first member including a first tab portion and a first base portion;

a second member including a second tab portion and a second base portion;

a pull tab including the first tab portion coupled to the second tab portion;

a third member including a member connection surface and a masking connection surface, the member connection surface opposite the masking connection surface;

a base including the first base portion, the second base portion, and the third member;

a first adhesive coupling the member connection surface of the third member to the first base portion;

the first adhesive coupling the member connection surface of the third member to the second base portion;

a second adhesive disposed on the masking connection surface of the third member; and

wherein the second adhesive is configured for removable attachment of the masking connection surface of the third member to the masking area.

2. The masking device of claim 1, further comprising the first adhesive coupling the first tab portion to the second tab portion.

3. The masking device of claim 1, wherein

the first member is formed as a single integral piece,

the second member is formed as a single integral piece, and

the third member is formed as a single integral piece.

4. The masking device of claim 1, wherein the pull tab extends away from the base.

5. The masking device of claim 4, wherein the pull tab extends away from the base in a direction opposite the masking connection surface of the third member.

6. The masking device of claim 5, wherein

the pull tab includes a pull tab maximum height defined by the pull tab in a position perpendicular to the first base portion and the second base portion,

the base includes a base width, and

the pull tab maximum height is shorter than the base width.

7. The masking device of claim 1, wherein the masking connection surface of the third member is a continuous surface.

8. The masking device of claim 1, wherein the second adhesive includes a type of adhesive that is the same as the first adhesive.

9. The masking device of claim 8, wherein

the first adhesive coupling the member connection surface of the third member to the first base portion is thicker than the second adhesive on the masking connection surface of the third member, and

the first adhesive coupling the member connection surface of the third member to the second base portion is thicker than the second adhesive on the masking connection surface of the third member.

10. The masking device of claim 1, wherein the second adhesive includes a type of adhesive that is different from the first adhesive.

11. The masking device of claim 10, wherein the first adhesive is stronger than the second adhesive.

12. The masking device of claim 10, wherein the first adhesive has a greater peel adhesion than the second adhesive.

13. The masking device of claim 1, wherein

a first bend in the first member is disposed between the first tab portion and the first base portion, and

a second bend in the second member is disposed between the second tab portion and the second base portion.

14. The masking device of claim 13, wherein the pull tab is pivotable relative to the base.

15. The masking device of claim 1, wherein the first member, the second member, and the third member define a void therebetween that is substantially triangular in cross-section.

16. The masking device of claim 1, further comprising a release liner removably coupled to the masking connection surface of the third member by the second adhesive.

17. The masking device of claim 16, wherein the release liner includes a release coating.

18. The masking device of claim 1, wherein the base is substantially circular.

19. The masking device of claim 1, wherein

the pull tab includes a pull tab thickness,

the base includes a base thickness, and

the pull tab thickness and the base thickness are substantially equal.

20. The masking device of claim 1, wherein the first adhesive is a silicone based adhesive.