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US 2011/0033693 A1Published application
Tape
OwnerW. Frank Little, JR.inventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for applying and removing a strip of tape to a surface. The tape having a width dimension and a longer length dimension wherein the tape has a greater tensile strength than a cured compound covering the tape. The tape applicable to panel surfaces and panel joints and removeable after the compound has cured on the tape.
Claims19
-52. (canceled)
A dry wall tape for use with a panel system, comprising:
- a mesh having:
- a plurality of width strands which substantially traverse the width of the tape, and
- a plurality of length strands which substantially traverse the length of the tape, wherein the length strands are more resistant to a pulling force than the width strands and wherein the tape is configured to be applied to the panel system.
A dry wall tape for use with a panel system, comprising:
- a plurality of width strands which substantially traverse the width of the tape;
- a plurality of length strands which substantially traverse the length of the tape and comprises fiberglass;
- and
- an adhesive disposed on at least one side of the tape,
- wherein at least one length strand has a cross-sectional area larger than one of the width strands,
- wherein the plurality of length strands are arranged under the plurality of width strands relative to a surface to which the dry wall tape is applied, and
- wherein the tape is porous.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.