Convertible metal backings and related methods
AssigneeAvertech, Inc.
InventorNeal H. Avery
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Abstract
A substrate usable with a double-side adhesive strip to suspend the substrate to a wall surface. The substrate can have one or more access holes located within an outer perimeter of the substrate. Each access hole has an inner perimeter inwardly of the outer perimeter that is sized and shaped to allow a tab of the double-sided adhesive strip to be extracted through the inner perimeter, after the substrate is suspended on the wall surface. Various articles can attach to the suspended substrate, such as through magnetic attachment, a hook, or a shelf.
Claims28
A substrate non-destructively attachable on a wall surface via a double-sided adhesive strip with a tab, said substrate comprising:
- a body having an outer perimeter defining a shape of the body, an exposed surface and a backside surface opposing the exposed surface;
- an access hole formed through the body and located within the outer perimeter, said access hole comprising an inner perimeter, inward of the outer perimeter, having a maximum width and a maximum length;
- wherein the maximum width and the maximum length of the inner perimeter are sufficiently large for retrieving the tab with an end edge of the double-sided adhesive strip adhered to the backside surface of the substrate;
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- wherein in a mounted position on a wall surface, no part of the body extends rearward of the backside surface beyond a thickness of the double-side adhesive strip.
A product package with a plurality of substrates, said product package comprising:
- a housing having a cavity;
- a plurality of double-sided adhesive strips located inside the cavity, each of the double-sided adhesive strips comprising a tab with an end edge;
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- the plurality of substrates located inside the cavity;
- wherein each substrate comprises:
- a body having an outer perimeter defining a shape of the body, an exposed surface and a backside surface opposing the exposed surface;
- an access hole formed through the body and located within the outer perimeter, said access hole comprising an inner perimeter, inward of the outer perimeter, having a maximum width and a maximum length;
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- wherein the maximum width and the maximum length of the inner perimeter is sufficiently large for retrieving a tab of a double-sided adhesive strip adhered to the backside surface of the substrate.
A substrate non-destructively attachable on a wall surface via a double-sided adhesive strip with a tab, said substrate comprising:
- a body having an outer perimeter defining a shape of the body, an exposed surface and a backside surface opposing the exposed surface;
- a first access hole formed through the body and located within the outer perimeter;
- said first access hole comprising an inner perimeter, inward of the outer perimeter, having a maximum dimension;
- a second access hole formed through the body, located within the outer perimeter, and spaced from said first access hole;
- said second access hole comprising an inner perimeter, inward of the outer perimeter, having a maximum dimension;
- at least two spaced apart mounting pins attached to the body, at least one of the two mounting pins being movable relative to the body;
- wherein the maximum dimension of the inner perimeter of the first access hole is sufficiently large for retrieving the tab with an end edge of the double-sided adhesive strip adhered to the backside surface of the substrate;
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- wherein in a mounted position on a wall surface, no part of the body extends rearward of the backside surface beyond a thickness of the double-side adhesive strip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.