Patent ID: 8317957

Claim:
A method of masking a surface, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a masking tape article having a size and shape generally corresponding to the size and shape of a single leaf of a door hinge, wherein the masking tape article includes a transverse frangible connection for separating the masking tape article into a pair of corner-masking tape articles each having side edges that meet at an angle of 90 degrees, wherein the masking tape article comprises opposed first and second major surfaces, first and second opposite side edges, first and second opposite end edges, and, wherein the first and second opposite side edges each extend between arcuate corners of the article and are linearly uninterrupted between the arcuate corners, and wherein the frangible connection extends perpendicularly from one side edge of the masking tape article to the opposite side edge of the masking tape article and is oriented perpendicularly to each of the side edges of the masking tape article; and, (b) if masking a leaf of a door hinge, placing the unseparated masking tape article onto the leaf of a door hinge; if masking a corner of a surface, separating the masking tape article along the frangible connection into a pair of corner-masking tape articles each having side edges that meet at a generally 90 degree angle and placing one of the separated corner mask articles onto the corner area of a surface.