Patent ID: 7438499

Claim:
In a method of installing pavement adjacent to a fixed border material, the improvement comprising the steps of: preparing a paving area adjacent the border with a foundational underlayment for receiving paving material; protecting exposed surfaces of the border material by covering said border material with a flexible protective film fastened to the border material prior to a paving operation wherein the protective film conforms to the surface of the border material and extends away from the border material onto the foundational underlayment and wherein the flexible protective film is fastened to the border material by pressure sensitive adhesive; installing pavement up to the border position thereby securing a portion of the flexible protective film horizontally beneath the pavement edge nearest the border material and vertically between the pavement and the border material; and loosening and removing the flexible protective film from the border material-paving interface after the paving operation is completed, thereby providing a clean and attractive paving-border area.