Pocket insert removal tool and method
AssigneeLydia Dean-Reese
InventorsLydia Dean-Reese, Oliver Lee Edwards
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Abstract
An inventive tool enables easy removal of label media from tight spaces, such as removal of a spine or cover label from the label pocket of a notebook binder. The tool is generally flat, skinny, and long and has an adhesive capture end and a handle end. The adhesive capture end utilizes a low- to medium-tack pressure sensitive adhesive to capture the entrapped label media when the tool is inserted into the pocket. Modes of providing a pressure sensitive adhesive end include spray application and double- and single-coated films and other media.
Claims12
A task tool for aiding removal of a cover or spine label from a binder or book pocket, said task tool comprising:
- an elongated substantially rigid flat element having first and second surfaces, an insertion end and a handle end, and a thickness of 0.5 to 1.5 mm and a width of 2 to 3 cm;
- a tacky material disposed on a portion of said first surface of said element proximate to the insertion end, said tacky material having a tackiness of 30-120 gm/cm;
- a handle portion extending from said handle end of said elongated flat element;
- wherein the insertion end comprises an aperture and the tacky material comprises a film or paper carrier having a pressure sensitive adhesive on one surface thereof, said tacky material tacked over the first surface and aperture whereby pressure sensitive adhesive is exposed through the aperture.
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