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US 11,414,253 B2Granted
Multi-portion removable cover apparatus and related methods
OwnerMark Gayerinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for sealing openings on containers and other structures, permitting selective removal of portions of the seal structure, and for similar selective removal of portions of adhesive elements such as bandages.
Claims9
An apparatus for sealing an opening, including:
- an opening to a compartment defined by at least one edge;
- a seal layer sized and configured to cover said opening of the compartment, said seal layer effectively adhered to at least substantially all of the edge of said opening of the compartment,
- at least one additional layer of material provided in a generally parallel and confronting relationship with the seal layer over substantially most of the opening of the compartment, said additional layer being positioned on top of said seal layer,
- said seal layer having a plurality of tear lines defining a plurality of portions of the seal layer positioned over the opening of the compartment,
- the tear lines positioned and formed for selective tearing to permit selective removal of at least two of the plurality of portions of the seal layer from the opening of the compartment by pulling on a gripping tab portion connected to at least one of the plurality of portions of the seal layer to remove a related portion of the seal layer, and
- said additional material being separable along a line in a location of the additional material that does not have a tear line, said line at least generally corresponding to one of the plurality of tear lines of the seal layer when said one of the plurality of tear lines is selectively torn.
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An apparatus for sealing an opening to a compartment including:
- an opening to a compartment defined by at least one edge;
- a seal layer sized and configured to cover said opening of the compartment, said seal layer effectively adhered to at least substantially all of the edge of said opening of the compartment, said seal layer having at least one tear line defining a plurality of portions of the seal layer positioned over the opening of the compartment, the tear line positioned and formed for selective tearing to permit selective removal of at least two of the plurality of portions of the seal layer from the opening of the compartment by pulling on a gripping tab portion connected to at least one of the plurality of portions of the seal layer to remove a related portion of the seal layer, and
- at least one additional layer of material provided in a generally parallel and confronting relationship with the seal layer over substantially most of the opening of the compartment, said additional material configured to separate along a line in a location of the additional material that does not have a tear line, said line at least generally corresponding to the at least one tear line of the seal layer when said tear line is selectively torn.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.