Patent ID: 7935201

Claim:
A method of protecting a surface to be walked on, comprising: placing a masking product having a first non-slip coating and a second non-slip coating over a surface to be walked on so that the first non-slip coating is positioned upwardly facing, the first non-slip coating and a second non-slip coating each having a horizontal plane coefficient of friction of at least about 0.4 as determined by TAPPI T816 and being non-tacky as determined by a Vertical Wall Test wherein the non-slip coating on the masking product will not stick or adhere to a vertical stainless steel surface at room temperature; (i) the masking product comprising a paper sheet having a basis weight of about 5 to about 100 pounds per 1,000 square feet; (ii) the first non-slip coating provided from an encapsulated material activated by bursting the encapsulated material; (iii) the first non-slip coating being provided on a first side of a paper sheet and the second non-slip coating being provided on a second, opposite, side of the paper sheet; and walking on the masking product.