# US 4,394,904 A · Peripherally supported package for adhesive-surfaced articles > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 4,394,904 A - Document ID: US4394904A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 06/292,008 - Filed: 1981-08-11 - Granted: 1983-07-26 - Earliest claimed: 1980-11-05 - Assignees: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company - Inventors: Franklin C. Larimore - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4394904A ## CPC - B65D 73/02: Articles, e.g. small electrical components, attached to webs - A61F 15/001: {Packages or dispensers for bandages, cotton balls, drapes, dressings, gauze, gowns, sheets, sponges, swabsticks or towels (A61F15/007 takes precedence)} - Y10S 206/813: Adhesive - Y10S 206/82: Separable, striplike plural articles - Y10S 206/824: Tear apertures for roll, strip, or sheet - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) - Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS ## Abstract A package for adhesive-surfaced sheet-like articles which may be delicate is formed by mounting the adhesive surface of the article onto a two-part release-surfaced carrier, one part of which supports the periphery of the article and the other part supporting the interior area of the article. With such a package, adhesive-surfaced sheet-like articles can be accurately placed onto an adherend without danger of contaminating the adhesive surface or allowing tearing, curling, or distortion of the article. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A package comprising: (a) an adhesive-surfaced, delicate sheet-like article; (b) a release sheet laminated to the adhesive surface of said article and cut to form (1) a peripheral release carrier that is releasably adhered to peripheral areas of said adhesive surface and that has a central aperture exposing a major portion of the adhesive surface of said article; and (2) a release cover cut out of said release sheet and having the exact dimensions of said aperture in said peripheral release carrier, releasably adhered over the portion of said adhesive surface exposed by said aperture; the ratio of the length of a straight line joining any two points on the perimeter of said article and passing through the center of said article, to the summation of the segments of that line overlapped by said peripheral release carrier, being at least about 5 to 1. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1 wherein said adhesive-surfaced article overlaps said peripheral release carrier by at most 10 mm. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1 wherein said adhesive-surfaced article overlaps said peripheral release carrier by at most 5 mm. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1 wherein said sheet-like article is up to 250 microns thick. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The article according to claim 1 wherein the area enclosed by the outer edge of the adhesive-surfaced article is smaller than the area enclosed by the outer edge of the release carrier. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The article according to claim 1 wherein the area enclosed by the outer edge of the adhesive-surfaced article is the same as the area enclosed by the outer edge of the release carrier. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1 wherein the adhesive providing said adhesive surface is a pressure sensitive adhesive. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The packaged article according to claim 1 wherein said release carrier is transparent. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1 wherein said article is a delicate article. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1 wherein said article is a fragile article. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1 wherein said sheet-like article is a bandage. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1 wherein said sheet-like article is a decalcomania. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1 wherein said adhesive-surfaced sheet-like article has a second adhesive surface. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1 wherein the entire periphery of said article is supported on every edge by said peripheral release carrier. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) A roll of packages of the adhesive-surfaced sheet-like articles according to claim 1 wherein said articles are mounted on a release carrier which is perforated between each package. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) A package comprising two or more sheet-like article according to claim 1: said articles being stacked one upon the other so that an underlying sheet-like article covers the adhesive surface of the overlying article which is exposed by the aperture in its release carrier. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The package according to claim 16 wherein the bottom-most article further comprises a release cover releasably adhered to and substantially covering the portion of the adhesive surface of said adhesive-surfaced sheet-like article exposed by said aperture. ### Claim 18 A package comprising: (a) an adhesive-surfaced, delicate sheet-like article; (b) a release sheet laminated to the adhesive surface of the sheet-like article and cut to form (1) a peripheral release carrier that is releasably adhered to peripheral areas of said adhesive surface and that has a central aperture exposing a major portion of the adhesive surface of said article; and (2) a release cover cut out of said release sheet and having the exact dimensions of said aperture in said peripheral release carrier, releasably adhered to and covering the portion of said adhesive surface exposed by said aperture; said adhesive-surfaced article overlapping said peripheral release carrier by at most 10 mm.