Devices for application and load bearing and method of using the same

An adhesive device for surface holding or weight-bearing, comprising:

• an adhesive pad, comprising:
• a backing layer having high in-plane stiffness and applied thereto a layer of an elastic material having an adhering surface for releasably adhering to a target surface,
• a blocker of a rigid material, and
• a tether component connected to the blocker at one end and the backing layer on the opposite end;
• and
• a press assembly, comprising:
• one or more presses,
• a frame supporting the one or more presses by one or more joints,
• a connector component extending from the frame and attached to the one or more presses, and
• a passageway positioned on the frame and sized to be passable by the tether component and impassible by the backing layer or the blocker,
• wherein the tether component is positioned through the passageway with the backing layer proximal to one or more presses on one side of the frame and with the blocker proximal to the connector component on another side of the frame.