Festoon form tape packaging
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsJesse R. Behnke, Randall S. Teare, Timothy L. Hoopman
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Abstract
A packaged tape includes a tape having a length, such as a pavement marking tape having a base tape, adhesive, and liner. The tape includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The tape is folded in a festoon form arrangement with the second end of the tape being available to be joined to a first end of another tape folded in the festoon form arrangement. While the packaged tape is being dispensed and applied, or before such, the second end can be spliced to an end of another packaged tape in the festoon form arrangement.
Claims25
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A pavement marking tape, comprising the tape packaged in a festoon form arrangement, further comprising a hinge element located on an inside or an outside of at least one bend in the packaged tape, wherein the hinge element controls a radius of the bend.
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A pavement marking tape, wherein the tape has a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and both the first and second ends are accessible while the tape is substantially packaged, wherein the second end is prepared to be spliced to a prepared first end of another pavement marking tape.
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A packaged tape, comprising:
- a tape having a length,
- wherein the tape comprises a first end and a second end opposite the first end,
- wherein the tape is folded in a festoon form arrangement, and the second end of the tape in the festoon form arrangement is available to be joined to a first end of another tape folded in the festoon form arrangement.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.