Patent ID: 6841337

Claim:
A masking apparatus for transferring images to a working surface, comprising: (a) a mask formed from a unitary and continuous substrate, the mask having an outer surface and an inner surface; said inner surface having an adhesive disposed thereon; (b) a backing removably affixed to said mask at said inner surface; (c) a plurality of designs formed in said mask; (d) said mask adapted to be removably attached to said working surface at said inner surface; (e) wherein said mask is configured to be selectively and continuously dispensable in a generally longitudinal direction along the working surface, and to be removably, affixedly adhered along a predetermined distance of the working surface, said predetermined distance along the working surface being one of a portion of the working surface or the entire working surface such that said image can be transferred to the working surface along the entire predetermined distance without having to reposition the mask; and (f) wherein said images that are transferred to the working surface comprise both a positive and a negative image of the mask.