Patent ID: 8608889

Claim:
A method of handling an adhesive laminate comprising: providing an adhesive laminate releasably adhered to a first web by an adhesive layer; wherein the adhesive laminate comprises a plurality of cut or punched sections and wherein adjacent sections of the adhesive laminate remain joined to one another in the longitudinal direction of the web through one or more tie points; providing a first supporting structure; leading the first web over the first supporting structure; providing a second supporting structure adjacent to the first supporting structure; providing a second web having a release surface; leading the second web over the second supporting structure, wherein the second web is oriented such that the release surface of the second web faces the first supporting structure; adhering the adhesive layer of a leading portion of a first section of adhesive laminate from the first web to the release surface of the second web; and advancing the second web such that the adherence of the adhesive layer of the first section of adhesive laminate to the second web causes the first section of the adhesive laminate to detach from a second section of adhesive laminate and the leading edge of the second section of adhesive laminate is adhered to the second web in a spaced apart configuration from the trailing edge of the first section of the adhesive laminate.