Masking device with handle

• US 5,800,894 A
• Filed: 09/28/1997
• Issued: 09/01/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
• Original Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
• Inventors: Navis, Glen E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Krynski, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bahta, Abraham
• Application Number:
  US08/939,342
• Time in Patent Office: 338 Days
• Field of Search: 428/41.7, 428/124, 428/192, 428/202, 428/343, 428/121, 428/41.1, 428/40.1, 156/554, 156/202, 52/211, 118/504, 118/505, 118/301
• US Class Current: 428/41.7
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 12/24 made at least partly of flexible material, e.g. sheets of paper or fabric
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 35/004 simultaneously with a second roll, e.g. masking tape
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 37/002 Web delivery apparatus, the web serving as support for articles, material or another web
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 37/04 for securing together articles or webs, e.g. by adhesive, stitching or stapling adhering replacement to expiring web during change of web roll B65H19/18
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1011 Overedge bending or overedge folding
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1739 Webs of different width, longitudinally aligned
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/14 Layer or component removable to expose adhesive
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/1443 Aluminum
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/1471 Protective layer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24215 Acute or reverse fold of exterior component
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24777 Edge feature
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/2486 with outer strippable or release layer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/28 Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component and having an adhesive outermost layer

Abstract

A masking device is produced by folding a first material to form a pleat that serves as an extension or handle, for the device. By folding the first sheet of material at three fold lines, a pleat is formed. If the piece of material is coated with adhesive prior to the folding process, two adhesive-coated surfaces will face each other within the body of the pleat, helping to attach two segments of the pleat together to form a more permanent and more rigid extension. The extension, or handle, extends from an unfolded portion of the first piece of material and facilitates the removal of the masking device from either a backing sheet or a surface which is protected by the masking device. The handle also facilitates the application of the masking device to the surface to be protected.

Claims

1. A masking device for covering a preselected portion of a material surface, comprising:

a sheet of material having an adhesive attached to a first side thereof; and

an extension formed by folding a first piece of material to form a pleat extending from an unfolded portion of a second side of said sheet of material and by causing adhesive surfaces of two adjacent segments of said extension to adhere to each other, said extension allowing said masking device to be gripped.

2. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a second piece of material attached to said first side of said sheet of material by said adhesive, said sheet being removably adhered to said second piece of material.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein:

said first piece of material is made of a polyester.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein:

said first piece of material is made of paper.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein:

said first piece of material is made of lead foil.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein:

said first piece of material is made of aluminum foil.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein:

said first piece of material is made of Teflon.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein:

said adhesive is a silicone adhesive.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein:

said first piece of material and said sheet of said material are portions of an integral piece of material.

10. A masking device for covering a preselected portion of a material surface, comprising:

a sheet of material having an adhesive attached to a first side thereof; and

an extension formed by folding an integral portion of said sheet of material to form a pleat extending from an unfolded portion of a second side of said sheet of material, said adhesive of said first side of said sheet causing two adjacent segments of said extension to adhere to each other, said extension allowing said masking device to be gripped.

11. The device of claim 10, further comprising:

a second piece of material attached to said first side of said sheet of material by said adhesive, said sheet being removably adhered to said second piece of material.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein:

said first piece of material is made of a polyester.

13. The device of claim 10, wherein:

said first piece of material is made of paper.

14. The device of claim 10, wherein:

said first piece of material is made of lead foil.

15. The device of claim 10, wherein:

said first piece of material is made of aluminum foil.

16. The device of claim 10, wherein:

said first piece of material is made of Teflon.

17. The device of claim 10, wherein:

said adhesive is a silicone adhesive.