Members for sealing, baffling, or reinforcing

An article comprising:

• a. a carrier split along a portion of a length to create a plurality of end extensions each having a hinge portion, a pair of the plurality of end extensions forming a U-clip at a first end of the carrier, wherein an interior surface of each of the pair of end extensions forms a channel therebetween;
• b. an activatable material disposed on the carrier, wherein the activatable material includes at least one hinge portion that aligns with at least one of the hinge portions of the plurality of end extensions so that the activatable material is flexible about the at least one hinge portion of the activatable material, the at least one hinge portion of the activatable material being formed of a localized change in thickness of the activatable material;
• and
• c. a plurality of carrier extensions extending from the carrier, each carrier extension having the activatable material extend co-extensively with the carrier extension;
• wherein the channel is free of activatable material and the activatable material is disposed on an exterior surface of the pair of end extensions that opposes the interior surface;
• and
• wherein a second end of the carrier opposing the first end is free of the plurality of end extensions and the channel therebetween, and the activatable material covers the second end.