Claims
- 1. A method of masking a predetermined design configuration on a work surface, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a mask structure having a first mask layer including an adhesive on one surface thereof and a second liner layer adhesively secured to said first layer one surface;
- (b) defining a predetermined design configuration within said mask structure by means of discontinuous cuts extending through both said first and second layers;
- (c) placing score cuts through said second layer in spaced relationship to said discontinuous cuts for defining band-like areas in said second layer between said discontinuous and score cuts;
- (d) removing the band-like areas of said second layer for exposing corresponding bands of adhesive therebeneath on said first layer;
- (e) affixing said mask structure to a work surface by said adhesive bands with said design configuration disposed in a desired orientation; and,
- (f) thereafter removing that portion of said mask disposed on the other side of said discontinuous cuts from said score cuts from covering association with the work surface, said step of removing being performed along said discontinuous cuts.
- 2. The method as defined in claim 1 further including the step of positioning said score cuts in a generally parallel relationship to said discontinuous cuts.
- 3. The method as defined in claim 1 wherein said step of placing includes locating said score cuts on that portion of said mask structure disposed externally of said design configuration so that during said step of removing the portion of said mask structure not comprising a part of said design configuration will be retained on the work surface.
- 4. The method as defined in claim 1 wherein said step of placing includes locating said score cuts on that portion of said mask structure which comprises said design configuration so that during said step of removing the portion of said mask structure which defines said design configuration will be retained on a work surface.
- 5. The method as defined in claim 1 wherein said step of placing includes additional spaced apart pairs of score cuts through said second layer at strategic locations on said mask structure, that portion of said second layer between said additional score cut pairs being removed during said step of removing to expose additional adhesive areas on said first layer for aiding in retaining said mask structure on a work surface during said step of affixing.
- 6. The method as defined in claim 5 including the step of orienting said additional score cut pairs to communicate between the peripheral edge of said mask structure and said design configuration.
Parent Case Info
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 316,925, filed 10/30/81 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,397,261
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