Electronic device protective film application kit and method
View Patent ↗A kit holding a film sheet and a miniature squeegee may also include a bottle of an activation solution for an adhesive on the film sheet. The film sheet corresponds in size and shape to a display of an electronic device. Excess solution is removed from the display while evenly distributing the adhesive using wiping motions with the squeegee. In a dry adhesive application, a cover sheet over the adhesive is perforated so that one portion of the cover sheet may be removed for adhering one part of the film sheet to the display, and after securing the one part, the remainder of the cover sheet is removed to adhere the remainder of the film sheet to the display.
1. A kit for protecting a surface of an electronic device, comprising:
a film sheet cut to a specific size and shape corresponding to a size and shape of a surface of an electronic device the film sheet is configured to protect;
an adhesive layer on one side of the film sheet;
a peel-away cover film impermanently secured to the adhesive layer;
an application element for removing air bubbles between the film sheet and a surface of an electronic device as the film sheet is applied to the electronic device; and a package containing the film sheet and the application element.
2. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the peel-away cover film includes two portions and perforations defining a boundary between the two portions, each portion of the two portions being configured to be peeled away from the adhesive layer without disturbing another portion of the two portions.
3. The kit of claim 1 , further comprising:
a liquid solution.
4. The kit of claim 3 , further comprising:
the package further containing the liquid solution.
5. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the application element has a contact edge length smaller than a largest linear dimension of the surface of the electronic device.
6. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the film sheet has a thickness of 0.5 thousandths of an inch to 20 thousandths of an inch.
7. The kit of claim 1 , comprising a plurality of film sheets.
8. A combination electronic device and a kit for protecting a surface of the electronic device, the combination comprising:
an electronic device with a surface having a specific size and shape; and
a kit, including:
a film sheet cut to a specific size and shape that corresponds to the specific size and shape of the surface of the electronic device;
an adhesive layer on one side of the film sheet;
a peel-away cover film impermanently secured to the adhesive layer;
an application element for removing air bubbles between the film sheet and a surface of an electronic device as the film sheet is applied to the electronic device; and
a package carrying the application element and the film sheet with the adhesive layer and the peel-away cover film.
9. The combination of claim 8 , wherein the peel-away cover film includes two portions and perforations defining a boundary between the two portions, each portion of the two portions being configured to be peeled away from the adhesive layer without disturbing another portion of the two portions.
10. The combination of claim 8 , wherein the kit further includes:
a liquid solution.
11. The combination of claim 10 , wherein the:
package also carries the liquid solution.
12. The combination of claim 8 , wherein the application element has a contact edge length smaller than a largest linear dimension of the surface of the electronic device.
13. The combination of claim 8 , wherein the film sheet has a thickness of 0.5 thousandths of an inch to 20.0 thousandths of an inch.
14. The combination of claim 8 , comprising a plurality of film sheets.
15. A method for protecting a screen of an electronic device, comprising:
removing from a package a film sheet cut to a specific size and shape corresponding to a size and shape of the screen of the electronic device the film sheet is configured to protect and an application device;
placing the film sheet into contact with the screen with a cover sheet between the film sheet and the screen;
moving the film sheet to achieve registration between the film sheet and the screen;
pinning the film sheet to the screen;
peeling a first portion of the cover sheet away from the film sheet to expose an adhesive;
pressing the adhesive to the screen to adhere part of the film sheet to the screen and to fix registration between the film sheet and the screen;
with a portion of the film sheet adhesively secured to the screen, lifting a non-adhered part of the film sheet away from the screen while peeling away a remainder of the cover sheet to expose a remainder of the adhesive; and
pressing the adhesive of the non-adhered part of the film sheet to the screen.
16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
pressing an application element into contact with the screen in a manner to assure intimate contact between the film sheet and the screen and to eliminate air bubbles between the film sheet and the screen.
17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
while pinning the film sheet to the screen, lifting one edge of the film sheet away from the screen.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein pinning the film sheet to the screen comprises applying manual pressure to hold the film sheet in place on the screen.