# US 2014/0190620 A1 · Layer systems and methods using such layer systems > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0190620 A1 - Document ID: US20140190620A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/144,156 - Filed: 2013-12-30 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-06-30 - Inventors: Cetin Vural - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140190620A1 ## CPC - B32B 7/12: using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties - B32B 37/025: {Transfer laminating} - B44C 1/162: {Decalcomanias with a transfer layer comprising indicia with definite outlines such as letters and with means facilitating the desired fitting to the permanent base} - B44C 1/1733: {Decalcomanias applied under pressure only, e.g. provided with a pressure sensitive adhesive} - G09F 3/00: Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means (medals or badges A44C3/00; making labels B31D1/02; sheets temporarily attached together B42F; labelling B65C; labels on record carriers G11B23/38, G11B23/40); Seals; Postage or like stamps - H04M 1/0283: {for providing a decorative aspect, e.g. customization of casings, exchangeable faceplate} - Y10T 428/1471: Protective layer - Y10T 428/1476: Release layer - B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM - B44C: PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS (processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general B05D; shaping of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29C; printing processes to produce transfer pictures B41M3/12; thermographic duplication or marking methods B41M5/00); MOSAICS; TARSIA WORK (imitation of mosaic or tarsia work patterns B44F11/04); PAPERHANGING {(labels G09F; multi-step processes for making paper labels or tags B31D1/02)} - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A layer system comprises an application layer assembly including a functional layer and an adhesive for adhering the application layer assembly to a carrier, and a transport layer assembly including a carrier layer and an adhesive for adhering the transport layer assembly to the application layer assembly. The application layer assembly can be applied to the carrier by adhering the layer system to the carrier; correcting a position of the layer system relative to the carrier by releasing the adhesive adherence of the application layer assembly to the carrier by pulling at least one tab of the transport layer assembly in a first direction; re-adhering of the layer system to the carrier; and releasing the transport layer assembly from the application layer assembly by pulling the at least one tab of the transport layer assembly in a second direction different from the first direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A layer system for application to a carrier for protective or decorative purposes, wherein the layer system comprises: an application layer assembly comprising at least one functional layer and an adhesive applied to at least a portion of the functional layer and configured to adhesively adhere the application layer assembly to the carrier; and a transport layer assembly comprising at least one carrier layer and an adhesive applied to at least a portion of the carrier layer and adhesively adhering the transport layer assembly to the application layer assembly; wherein the transport layer assembly comprises a release tab and a correction tab provided at different sides of the transport layer assembly and which extend beyond the application layer assembly such that they can be grasped by the hand of a user without grasping the application layer assembly; and wherein the adhesive of the application layer assembly and the adhesive of the transport layer assembly are adjusted relative to each other such that the application layer assembly can be released from the carrier by pulling at the correction tab while the adhesive adherence of the transport layer assembly to the application layer assembly is maintained, and such that the transport layer assembly can be released from the application layer assembly by pulling at the release tab while the adhesive adherence of the application layer assembly to the carrier is maintained. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The layer system according to claim 1, wherein the transport layer assembly includes at least one region in which an adhesive force of the adhering of the transport layer assembly to the application layer assembly decreases in a correction direction extending from the correction tab to the release tab. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The layer system according to claim 2, wherein an adhesive force of the adhesive of the transport layer assembly decreases in the correction direction in the at least one region. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The layer assembly according to claim 2, wherein a neutralizing agent is provided in at least some portions between the adhesive of the transport layer assembly and the application layer assembly in order to reduce an adhesive force of the adhesive of the transport layer assembly. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The layer system according to claim 2, wherein a repelling agent is provided in at least some portions of the application layer assembly in order to reduce the adhesive force of the adhesive of the transport layer assembly. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The layer system according to claim 2, wherein, in the at least one region, a surface proportion in which the adhesive is provided on the carrier layer decreases in the correction direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The layer system according to claim 2, wherein the at least one region has an extension in a direction transverse to the correction direction within at least one of a range from 2 mm to 20 mm, a range from 2 mm to 10 mm, and a range from 3 mm to 10 mm. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The layer system according to claim 1, further comprising one or more material discontinuities of the functional layer extending along at least one separation line wherein at least a portion of the at least one separation line extends in a direction transverse to the correction direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The layer system according to claim 8, wherein the adhesive force of the adherence of the transport layer assembly to the application layer assembly is smaller on a side of the separation line facing towards the release tab than on a side of the separation line facing towards the correction tab. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The layer system according to claim 8, wherein, in a first surface portion immediately adjacent to the separation line on a side facing towards the correction tab, the adhesive force of the adherence of the transport layer assembly to the application layer assembly has a value smaller than 0.2 times a maximum adhesive force of the adherence of the transport layer assembly to the application layer assembly. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The layer system according to claim 8, wherein, in a second surface portion immediately adjacent to the separation line on a side facing towards the release tab, the adhesive force of the adherence of the transport layer assembly to the application layer assembly has a value greater than 0.8 times a maximum adhesive force of the adherence of the transport layer assembly to the application layer assembly. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The layer system according to claim 8, wherein the separation line has a shape of a closed ring and wherein the material discontinuity extends continuously along the separation line or wherein a plurality of spaced apart material discontinuities extend along the separation line. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The layer system according to claim 1, wherein, in a third surface portion immediately adjacent to the correction tab, the adhesive force of the adherence of the transport layer assembly to the application layer assembly has a value greater than 0.8 times a maximum adhesive force of the adherence of the transport layer assembly to the application layer assembly. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The layer system according to claim 1, wherein, in a fourth surface portion immediately adjacent to the release tab, the adhesive force of the adherence of the transport layer assembly to the application layer assembly has a value smaller than 0.2 times a maximum adhesive force of the adherence of the transport layer assembly to the application layer assembly. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The layer system according to claim 1, wherein the functional layer of the application layer assembly includes a light transparent protective layer and a decorative layer provided between the protective layer and the adhesive of the application layer assembly. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The layer system according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of the application layer assembly is less than at least one of 0.5 mm, 0.14 mm, 0.10 mm and 0.08 mm. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The layer system according to claim 1, wherein the functional layer of the application layer assembly includes a light transparent protective layer, and wherein a thickness of the application layer assembly is less than at least one of 0.30 mm, 0.20 mm and 0.15 mm. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The layer system according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of the application layer assembly is greater than at least one of 0.001 mm, 0.005 mm and 0.01 mm. ### Claim 19 A method of adhering an application layer assembly to a carrier, wherein a method comprises: adhering a layer system to the carrier, wherein the layer system comprises an application layer assembly and a transport layer assembly, wherein the application layer assembly comprises at least one functional layer and an adhesive applied to at least a portion of the functional layer and configured to adhesively adhere the application layer assembly to the carrier, and wherein the transport layer assembly comprises at least one carrier layer and an adhesive applied to at least a portion of the carrier layer and adhesively adhering the transport layer assembly to the application layer assembly; correcting a position of the layer system relative to the carrier by releasing the adhesive adherence of the application layer assembly to the carrier by pulling at least one tab of the transport layer assembly in a first direction; re-adhering of the layer system to the carrier; and releasing the transport layer assembly from the application layer assembly by pulling the at least one tab of the transport layer assembly in a second direction different from the first direction. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method according to claim 19, wherein the correcting of the position comprises pulling at a correction tab of the transport layer assembly provided on a first side of the transport layer assembly, and wherein the releasing of the transport layer assembly comprises pulling at a release tab of the transport layer assembly provided at a second side of the transport layer assembly, wherein the second side is different from the first side. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The method according to claim 20, wherein the correction tab and the release tab are provided on opposite sides of the transport layer assembly.