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Abstract

A method of manufacturing adhesive-backed sheet components having release liners attached to and covering the adhesive backs thereof, and an article made by such method are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of providing an elongate, marginally punched, continuous sheel substrate having a series of consecutive panels that are separable from one another along transverse score lines positioned therebetween; applying a layer of release coating material to a corresponding predetermined minor portion of each of the panels; applying a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive to at least a portion of the layer of the release coating material within the minor portion of each of the panels; applying a sheet component atop the pressure sensitive adhesive within the minor portion of each of the panels to adhere the sheet component to the panel; providing score lines about the periphery of the minor portion of each of the panels so as to allow the sheet component, the pressure sensitive adhesive layer, the release coating layer, and the minor portion of the panel to be removed from the remainder of the panel as an integral laminate unit; and, removing the integral laminate unit from the remainder of each of the panels. The article of this invention comprises the aforesaid sheet substrate having panels thereon each of which is provided with an integral laminate unit thereon that is separable therefrom.

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First Claim