Wrapping an object with a film using a tape for cutting the film
OwnerGarry Cyrille Alfred Van Den Berghe, Robert Amborskyinventors
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Abstract
A vehicle is wrapped by a printed adhesive film where the film is also applied over doors and other areas intended not to be covered. The film is cut at the door edge and over the area by adhesively attaching a tape having a release coating on the front surface and carrying a filament along a center of the front side. The printed film is applied over the door, the area not to be covered and the tapes and is cut along the door edge and around the area by pulling the filament from the tape so that a strip of the film at the door edge and the film over the area can be removed. The film can be stretched and pulled away from the tape for reapplying for proper fit.
Claims25
A method for wrapping a surface of an object with a film carrying a pressure sensitive adhesive on one surface by which the film is to be attached to the object, the method comprising:
- providing a tape having a front surface, a rear surface, a first longitudinal side edge and a second longitudinal side edge;
- the tape having an adhesive on the rear surface for attachment to the object, the adhesive having the characteristic that the tape can be pulled from the surface of the object without leaving an adhesive residue and without damaging the surface;
- the front surface of the tape being free from adhesive and having a release characteristic relative to the pressure sensitive adhesive on the film such that the pressure sensitive adhesive on the film can be contacted onto the front surface of the tape and pulled away for repositioning without dislodging the tape from the object;
- the tape having at least one filament attached thereto;
- applying a length of the tape to the surface of the object so as to be attached thereto by the adhesive thereon;
- positioning the film onto the surface of the object and over the tape such that the film is attached by the pressure sensitive adhesive to the surface of the object, with the release characteristic of the front surface of the tape allowing re-positioning of the film;
- pulling the filament from the tape through that part of the film over the tape so as to cut the film and to form a cut edge of the film;
- removing the tape from the surface;
- and attaching the cut edge to the object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.