Patent ID: 8366946

Claim:
A method of transporting a flexible article, the method comprising the steps of: supporting the flexible article on a first frame member which supports a portion of a periphery of the flexible article at a first side of each corner of said flexible article and a plurality of sections of said first side of said flexible article, each said plurality of sections is between different sets of said corners of said flexible article, wherein said flexible article further comprises an inner section formed within said periphery, said inner section is a section of said flexible article which is to be subjected to processing for use as part of a printed circuit structure and said periphery is to be removed from said flexible article after said processing; rotatably placing a second frame member relative to the first frame member so that the flexible article is positioned between the first frame member and the second frame member, wherein said second frame is in contact with said flexible article at a second side of each said corner of said flexible article and said plurality of sections of said second side of said flexible article; magnetically holding the second frame member relative to the first frame member by a plurality of magnetic sections formed in recesses in said first and second frames at each of said corners and each of said plurality of sections, wherein each of said magnetic sections are substantially flush with an adjacent section of said first or second frame where each of said magnetic sections are disposed within a respective one of said recesses, the first frame member having a window to permit access to said first side of the flexible article and the second frame member having a window to permit access to said second side of the flexible article; and coupling at least one edge of said first and second frame members together to prevent said first and second frame members from moving relative to each other using a releasably coupling structure.