Patent ID: 7638015

Claim:
A method of masking a plurality of corners in a window frame, comprising: providing a plurality of sheets, each sheet of said plurality of sheets having opposite bottom and top faces and at least a first and a second outer edge, said at least first and second outer edges intersecting at an angle of 90°, said sheet includes an inner edge, said sheet includes an adhesive on said bottom face extending in a band only along said first and second outer edges, wherein said plurality of sheets are stacked upon one another to form a paint mask pad; applying one said sheet to each corner of a window pane in the window frame wherein each said sheet is separate and apart from other said sheets; applying masking tape from a first said sheet inner edge to at least a second said sheet inner edge along an edge of the window frame; each said sheet includes a non-adhesive area on said bottom face wherein said non-adhesive area extends continuously from said adhesive to and continuously along said inner edge; and, said applying of each of said sheet includes grasping with only one hand said non-adhesive area of said sheet between a user's thumb on one side of said sheet and a finger on an opposing side of said sheet, removing with only one hand each said sheet from said pad, and installing with only one hand each said sheet to each corner of the window pane.