US 11,712,125 B1
Convertible metal backings and related methods
Neal H. Avery, Mission Viejo, CA (US)
Assigned to Avertech, Inc., Mission Viejo, CA (US)
Filed by Avertech, Inc., Mission Viejo, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/57,322.
Application 18/057,322 is a continuation of application No. 17/651,760, filed on Feb. 18, 2022, granted, now 11,529,010.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/295,257, filed on Dec. 30, 2021.
Int. Cl. A47G 29/08 (2006.01); A47G 29/087 (2006.01); F16B 45/00 (2006.01); F16B 1/00 (2006.01); B43K 25/00 (2006.01); B65D 85/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/50 (2006.01); B43K 8/02 (2006.01); B43L 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 29/087 (2013.01) [B29C 65/50 (2013.01); B43K 8/02 (2013.01); B43K 25/00 (2013.01); B43L 1/008 (2013.01); B65D 85/00 (2013.01); F16B 1/00 (2013.01); F16B 45/00 (2013.01); F16B 2001/0035 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of using a substrate comprising a body having an outer perimeter defining a shape of the body, an exposed surface and a backside surface opposing the exposed surface; and an access hole formed through the body and located within the outer perimeter, said access hole comprising an inner perimeter, inward of the outer perimeter, having a maximum width and a maximum length, the method comprising:
adhering a first side of a double-sided adhesive strip comprising a thickness to the backside surface of the body of the substrate;
orienting a tab having an end edge of the double-sided adhesive strip to be located at least partially within the inner perimeter of the access hole so that the tab is viewable through the access hole from the exposed surface;
adhering a second side of the double-sided adhesive strip to a wall surface;
wherein in a mounted position on the wall surface, no part of the body of the substrate extends rearward of the backside surface beyond the thickness of the double-side adhesive strip; and
wherein the maximum width and the maximum length of the inner perimeter are sufficiently large for retrieving the tab of the double-sided adhesive strip from a location on a side of the exposed surface.