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US 7,802,766 B2Granted
Methods and assemblies for mounting articles to walls
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorCraig D. Thompson
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Abstract
Herein are disclosed methods and assemblies for adhesively mounting an article to two walls that meet at an angle (e.g., a corner). The methods and assemblies use first and second mounting plates that are deflectably and removably attachable to the article, with the first mounting plate being adhesively attachable to a first wall (e.g., by a piece of double-faced adhesive), and the second mounting plate being adhesively attachable to the second wall.
Claims8
A method of mounting an article to first and second walls that meet at an angle, comprising:
- placing an article in proximity to first and second walls, the article comprising first and second mounting plates that are deflectably and removably attached to the article and comprising an exposed adhesive surface on the first mounting plate;
- positioning the article so that the second mounting plate is adjacent the second wall;
- moving the article toward the first wall so that the exposed adhesive surface of the first mounting plate contacts the first wall and bonds thereto;
- detaching the article from the first mounting plate;
- exposing an adhesive surface on the second mounting plate;
- attaching the article to the first mounting plate with the article deflected so that the exposed adhesive surface on the second mounting plate does not contact the second wall;
- and,
- deflecting the article so that the exposed adhesive surface of the second mounting plate contacts the second wall and bonds thereto.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.