Patent ID: 6938783

Claim:
A re-usable carrier structure for carrying an article, comprising: a carrier base having at least a portion thereof transparent to electromagnetic radiation, a surface of said carrier base adapted to have a different surface property from a surface of the article, said carrier base being stretchable by about 10-100% or by over 30%, and said carrier base being stable to resist deformation by heat at temperatures less than or equal to about 80° C.; and a removable tacky adhesive layer disposed on said carrier base, said removable tacky adhesive layer being cross-linkable when exposed to electromagnetic radiation, heat, or both heat and electromagnetic radiation through said carrier base, to decrease the adhesion and peel strength of said removable tacky adhesive layer, and said removable tacky adhesive layer after being cross-linked having a different release profile and peel strength from the surface of the article than from the adapted surface of said carrier base, wherein the article is removable leaving said removable tacky adhesive layer adhering to said carrier base, and wherein said removable tacky adhesive layer is removable from said carrier base without leaving a substantial residue so that said carrier base is available to be reused with another removable adhesive layer.