Patent ID: 7752998

Claim:
An apparatus for shielding a target zone from undesirable paint streaks during painting operations, said shielding apparatus comprising: a body formed from paint-impermeable material configured in a wound and tubular configuration such that an unwound portion of said body is detachable from a wound portion while said wound portion maintains the tubular configuration, said body including integrally coupled outer and inner layers covering an entire surface area of said body, said inner layer being formed from an adhesive material, said body further including a plurality of perforations formed therein and passing through said outer and inner layers for defining lines of weakness along which said body is readily separable while said wound portion remains statically disposed at the tubular configuration such that a user can quickly detach said unwound portion without disrupting said wound portion; means for simultaneously separating said body along a linear axis registered orthogonal to a longitudinal length of said body while said body is being separated along at least one of said perforations such that a selected area of said unwound portion is separated from said body while a remaining portion of said unwound portion remains intact with said body; and means for unwinding and dispensing said body so that said unwound portion is evenly pulled away from said tubular configuration while one user hand remains spaced from said unwinding and dispensing means during operating conditions; wherein said separating means is slidably positioned along a longitudinal length of said unwinding and dispensing means; wherein said unwinding and dispensing means comprises a holding implement having axially offset U-shaped end portions facing inwardly toward each other, each of said U-shaped end portions being removably seated within axially opposed ends of said body while said body is adapted at the tubular configuration such that said body is journaled about said U-shaped end portions and freely rotatable thereabout, wherein said holding implement further including a telescopic central region monolithically formed with said U-shaped end portions in such a manner that a longitudinal length of said holding implement is adaptable to alternate lengths after the selected area of said unwound portion of said body is detached from said body.