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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2020
Eastman Performance Films, Llc, Saint Louis, MO (US);
James Yancy Farrow, Lake St. Louis, MO (US);
Bobby Howard Cardwell, Lake View, SC (US);
Amanda Smart Brown, Saint Louis, MO (US);
Richard Anthony Dill, Penhook, VA (US);
Michael Stephen Powell, Gainesville, FL (US);
Jacob Neal Motley, Danville, VA (US);
Nikolaie Arnold Brown, Spring, TX (US);
Keister Logan Richardson, III, Danville, VA (US);
Igor Leonidovich Zheldakov, Reidsville, NC (US);
Eastman Performance Films, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
Methods are disclosed for training an installer to cut a film without damaging an underlying substrate. The methods include the steps of applying a stretchable surface-protection film to an electrically-conductive substrate provided with at least one irregularity; and cutting the surface protection film with an electrically-conductive knife which, when in contact with the electrically-conductive substrate, causes one or more notifications to occur. Also disclosed are devices that may be used in carrying out the methods of the invention.