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US 12,697,764 B2Granted
Members for sealing, baffling, or reinforcing
AssigneeZephyros, Inc.
InventorsDean Quaderer, Erin White, Keith Novak, Blake Synnestvedt
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Abstract
An article comprising: a carrier (12), activatable material (14) disposed on the carrier, one or more carrier extensions (16) extending from the carrier; wherein the article is adapted to provide sealing, baffling, or reinforcement within a structure's cavity.
Claims20
An article comprising:
- a) a carrier having a first end and a second end, the carrier comprising:
- i) a first surface opposing a second surface;
- ii) a central portion between the first end and the second end which forms a main body of the carrier;
- iii) one or more fasteners integrally formed with the central portion and which project away from the central portion, wherein the one or more fasteners extend from the second surface;
- iv) a plurality of extensions integrally formed with the central portion and which project away from the central portion in a same direction as the one or more fasteners and extend from the second surface;
- b) an activatable material disposed on at least the first surface at the central portion of the carrier, while the one or more fasteners and the plurality of extensions are free of the activatable material;
- wherein the first surface of the carrier is free of the one or more fasteners and the plurality of extensions projecting therefrom;
- wherein each of the one or more fasteners is flanked by two or more of the plurality of extensions, and each of the one or more fasteners has a longitudinal axis that is parallel and offset from a longitudinal axis of each of the two or more of the plurality of extensions which it is flanked by;
- wherein the longitudinal axis of the one or more fasteners extends from the second surface of the carrier toward an end of the one or more fasteners configured for insertion into one or more openings formed in a structure's cavity;
- wherein the plurality of extensions are longitudinally spaced apart from the one or more fasteners along the carrier, such that the plurality of extensions do not come into contact with the one or more fasteners;
- wherein the plurality of extensions have a height shorter than a height of the one or more fasteners, and wherein the height of each extension of the plurality of extensions is substantially equal;
- and
- wherein the article is adapted to provide sealing, baffling, or reinforcement within the structure's cavity.
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An article comprising:
- a) a carrier having a first end and a second end, the carrier comprising:
- i) a first surface opposing a second surface;
- ii) a central portion between the first end and the second end which forms a main body of the carrier;
- iii) one or more fasteners integrally formed with the central portion and which project away from the central portion, wherein the one or more fasteners extend from the second surface;
- iv) a plurality of extensions integrally formed with the central portion and which project away from the central portion in a same direction as the one or more fasteners and extend from the second surface;
- v) a plurality of other extensions integrally formed with the central portion and which project away from the central portion in an opposite direction as the one or more fasteners and extend from the first surface;
- b) an activatable material disposed on at least the first surface at the central portion of the carrier, while the one or more fasteners and the plurality of extensions are free of the activatable material;
- wherein the plurality of other extensions are embedded in the active material;
- wherein the first surface is free of the one or more fasteners and the plurality of extensions projecting therefrom;
- wherein each of the one or more fasteners is flanked by two or more of the plurality of extensions, and each of the one or more fasteners has a longitudinal axis that is parallel and offset from a longitudinal axis of each of the two or more of the plurality of extensions which it is flanked by;
- wherein the longitudinal axis of the one or more fasteners extends from the second surface of the carrier toward an end of the one or more fasteners configured for insertion into one or more openings formed in a structure's cavity;
- wherein the plurality of extensions are longitudinally spaced apart from the one or more fasteners along the carrier, such that the plurality of extensions do not come into contact with the one or more fasteners;
- wherein the plurality of extensions have a height shorter than a height of the one or more fasteners, and wherein the height of each extension of the plurality of extensions is substantially equal;
- and
- wherein the article is adapted to provide sealing, baffling, or reinforcement within the structure's cavity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.