Paint stencil
AssigneeLiberty Hardware Mfg. Corp.
InventorsCourtnee Miller, Nathaniel Schultz, Earl David Forrest, Amy Tagle, Kelly Kovacs
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Abstract
A stencil includes a substrate defining at least one aperture extending therethrough. The at least one aperture provides a template for painting a design on an underlying surface. The stencil is also provided with an adhesive layer at least partially covering one side of the substrate. The adhesive layer is a reversible adhesive configured to temporarily attach the stencil to an underlying surface and leave the underlying surface unmarked after removal. The reversible adhesive retains an adhesion property for a plurality of adhesion cycles.
Claims20
A stencil comprising:
- a substrate defining at least one aperture extending therethrough, the at least one aperture providing a template for painting a design on an underlying surface;
- and
- an adhesive layer at least partially covering one side of the substrate, the adhesive layer being a reversible adhesive configured to temporarily attach the stencil to an underlying surface and leave the underlying surface unmarked after removal, the reversible adhesive retaining an adhesion property for a plurality of adhesion cycles, the reversible adhesive having a shear strength and a peel strength, the shear strength being greater than the peel strength.
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A stencil comprising:
- a substrate having a first side and an opposed second side, the substrate defining at least one aperture extending therethrough, the at least one aperture providing a template for painting a design on an underlying surface;
- an adhesive layer at least partially covering the first side of the substrate, the adhesive layer being a reversible adhesive configured to releasably and temporarily attach the stencil to an underlying surface and leave the underlying surface unmarked after removal, the reversible adhesive retaining an adhesion property for a plurality of adhesion cycles and having a shear strength and a peel strength, the shear strength being greater than the peel strength;
- a tab for use in removal of the stencil from an underlying surface;
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- a leveling device supported by the second side of the substrate.
A design system comprising:
- a first stencil comprising:
- a first substrate defining at least one aperture extending therethrough, the at least one aperture providing a template for painting a first design on an underlying surface;
- and
- a first adhesive layer at least partially covering one side of the first substrate, the adhesive layer being a reversible adhesive configured to releasably and temporarily attach the first stencil to an underlying surface and leave the underlying surface unmarked after removal, the reversible adhesive retaining an adhesion property for a plurality of adhesion cycles;
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- a second stencil comprising:
- a second substrate defining at least one aperture extending therethrough, the at least one aperture providing a template for painting a second design on an underlying surface;
- and
- a second adhesive layer at least partially covering one side of the substrate, the adhesive layer being the reversible adhesive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.