US 12,220,075 B2
Convertible metal backings and related methods
Neal H. Avery, Mission Viejo, CA (US)
Assigned to Avertech, Inc., Misison Viejo, CA (US)
Filed by Avertech, Inc., Mission Viejo, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/335,047.
Application 18/335,047 is a continuation of application No. 18/057,322, filed on Nov. 21, 2022, granted, now 11,712,125.
Application 18/057,322 is a continuation of application No. 17/651,760, filed on Feb. 18, 2022, granted, now 11,529,010, issued on Dec. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/295,257, filed on Dec. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0320509 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. A47G 29/08 (2006.01); A47G 29/087 (2006.01); B29C 65/50 (2006.01); B43K 8/02 (2006.01); B43K 25/00 (2006.01); B43L 1/00 (2006.01); B65D 85/00 (2006.01); F16B 1/00 (2006.01); F16B 45/00 (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 2200/83 (2023.08)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A substrate configured to non-destructively attach on a wall surface, said substrate comprising:
a body having a shape and an outer perimeter with edges having fixed lengths defining the shape of the body, the body is generally planar and having an exposed surface and a backside surface opposing the exposed surface, the body being sized and shaped for use with an electrical power strip having two spaced apart receiving slots, including a first receiving slot and a second receiving slot, that are spaced from one another by a first distance;
(1) an access hole located within the outer perimeter, said access hole comprising an inner perimeter, inward of the outer perimeter, having a maximum width and a maximum height along an X-Y plane, or (2) a through cutout formed along one of the edges of the outer perimeter to define a recessed space having a maximum width and a maximum height along an X-Y plane;
two spaced apart mounting pins projecting from within the outer perimeter and away from the exposed surface of the generally planar body, the two spaced apart pins comprising a first mounting pin and a second mounting pin spaced from one another by a second distance and wherein the second distance and the first distance are approximately equal to facilitate insertion of the first mounting pin into the first receiving slot and the second mounting pin into the second receiving slot when mounting the electrical power strip to the body;
wherein when the body has the access hole and when the substrate is used with a double-sided adhesive strip, the maximum width and the maximum height of the inner perimeter are sufficiently large for retrieving a tab with an end edge of the double-sided adhesive strip adhered to the backside surface of the substrate; and
wherein in a mounted position on a wall surface, no part of the body extends rearward of the backside surface beyond a thickness of the double-sided adhesive strip.