Patent ID: 8038823
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. In an adhesive attachment having a bonding surface substantially circumscribing a temporary attachment device for receiving a curable bonding agent used for adhesive fixation of said attachment to a substrate, a method of mounting the adhesive attachment, comprising the steps of: initially overlying the attachment bonding surface with a peel ply masking device comprising a conformable film ply having a body segment formed from a substantially fluid impervious material, and a peel-off adhesive material carried by said film ply body segment for removably mounting said body segment onto the attachment bonding surface in intimate, substantially overlying fit relation therewith to prevent contamination thereof, said peel ply masking device having a central aperture formed therein in surrounding relation to the temporary attachment device; peeling off the film ply and the peel-off adhesive material as a unit from the attachment bonding surface to expose the attachment bonding surface; applying the curable bonding agent onto the attachment bonding surface; and adhering the adhesive attachment to the substrate by means of the temporary attachment device for the duration of a cure time for the curable bonding agent applied to the bonding surface, whereby the adhesive attachment is affixed to the substrate by the bonding agent.