Adjustable adhesive articles with permissible movement parallel to bonding plane
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsDylan T. Cosgrove, Michael R. Gorman, Catherine A. Leatherdale, Christina D. Cowman-Eggert, Thomas R. Corrigan
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides adhesive mounting articles that permit sliding movement along a primary path, even while the article is fixed between a mounting object and a mounting surface. The adhesive articles can allow user precise control over the location and orientation of his or her mounting object, particularly frames.
Claims18
An adhesive article comprising:
- a first adhesive construction having a first major surface and a second major surface, with the first major surface defining a bond plane;
- a second adhesive construction having a first major surface and a second major surface;
- a slidable, separable connection coupling to the second major surface of the first adhesive construction and the first major surface of the second adhesive construction, such that the separable connection is disposed between the first and second adhesive constructions,
- wherein the slidable, separable connection allows the first adhesive construction to move freely relative to the second adhesive construction along a primary linear path in a plane substantially parallel to the bond plane, with high shear strength in directions other than in the plane substantially parallel to the bond plane.
A system for mounting an object, the system comprising a first adhesive article and a second adhesive article,
- wherein each of the first and second adhesive articles include, a first adhesive construction having a first major surface and a second major surface, with the first major surface defining a bond plane;
- a second adhesive construction having a first major surface and a second major surface;
- a slidable, separable connector coupling the second major surface of the first adhesive construction and the first major surface of the second adhesive construction, such that the separable connector is disposed between the first and second adhesive constructions, wherein the slidable, separable connection allows the first adhesive construction to move freely relative to the second adhesive construction along a primary linear path in a plane substantially parallel to the bond plane, with high shear strength in directions other than in the plane substantially parallel to the bond plane.
A system for mounting an object, the system comprising a first adhesive construction having a first major surface and a second major surface, with the first major surface defining a bond plane;
- a second adhesive construction having a first major surface and a second major surface;
- a slidable, separable connector coupling the second major surface of the first adhesive construction and the first major surface of the second adhesive construction, such that the slidable, separable connector is disposed between the first and second adhesive constructions,
- wherein the slidable, separable connector includes a first collection of fastening elements and a second collection of fastening elements, the collections spaced apart on the second major surface of the first adhesive construction, and wherein the slidable, separable connector further includes a third collection of fastening elements and a fourth collection of fastening elements, the third and fourth collections spaced apart on the first major surface of the second adhesive construction and configured for mating attachment to the first and second collections, wherein the slidable, separable connection allows the first adhesive construction to move freely relative to the second adhesive construction along a primary path in a plane substantially parallel to the bond plane, with high shear strength in directions other than in the plane substantially parallel to the bond plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.