Patent ID: 8048507

Claim:
A temporary carpet protection sheet comprising: a lightweight non-woven or knit fibrous material having longitudinal edges spaced apart to define a width of at least 0.5 meter, and an exposed broad surface featuring hook-engageable fibers; a resin backing into which at least portions of fibers of the fibrous material are embedded, or to which resin of the fibers is directly and chemically fused, on a surface of the fibrous material opposite the exposed broad surface; and male touch fastener elements extending along the backing and arranged in spaced apart fastening regions adjacent the longitudinal edges of the fibrous material; wherein the male touch fastener elements are configured to be both releasably engageable with the hook-engageable fibers of the fibrous material, when the protection sheet is arranged in overlapping fashion, and releasably engageable with looped carpet tufts.