Patent ID: 8794293
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: B05D,B29C,B32B,B65D,E03D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An applicator for delivering a self-adhesive material to a substrate, the self-adhesive material having an applicator side and a substrate side the applicator comprising: an outer surface; and an inner surface opposite the outer surface, the inner surface defining a void operable to receive the self-adhesive material; wherein at least a portion of the inner surface of the applicator is operable to releasably adhere to the applicator side of the self-adhesive material to define an adhesive force between the portion of the inner surface and the applicator side of the self-adhesive material and wherein the adhesive force between the portion of the inner surface and the applicator side of the self adhesive material is less than an adhesive force between the substrate and the substrate side of the self-adhesive material; and wherein a peripheral portion of the applicator is configured to flex away from self-adhesive material and substrate, and an inner portion of the applicator is configured to flex inward, in response to the applicator and adhesive material being pressed against the substrate; wherein the inner surface is configured to release the self-adhesive material in response to the applicator being moved in a direction that is away from and substantially normal to the substrate.