Patent ID: 6391138
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of fabricating a laminated circuit assembly for adhering to the face of a control panel of an electrical appliance, comprising the steps of:providing a plastic circuit sheet with electrical circuitry printed thereon; cutting a preliminary slit in the circuit sheet in an area where a pull tab subsequently is to be located and depositing an adhesive on a back side of the circuit sheet for subsequent adherence to the face of said control panel; adhering a backing sheet to the adhesive on the back side of the circuit sheet; and subsequently, cutting the laminated circuit sheet and backing sheet with a peripheral cut around the circuitry, with the peripheral cut intersecting said slit, and with the slit and the peripheral cut together defining an outwardly projecting pull tab which is cut completely out of the circuit sheet; whereby the pull tab can be grasped and separated from the circuit sheet to strip the backing sheet from the circuit sheet when it is desired to adhere the circuit sheet to the face of said control panel.