Wallboard protective edge tape for mounting board
AssigneeNational Gypsum Company
InventorRobert J. Menchetti
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Abstract
A wallboard package having edge protective tape which connects two wallboards face-to-face, with an adhesive film on the tape inner surface adapted for use in affixing the wallboards to wall studs.
Claims18
A wallboard package comprising two wallboards affixed together, said wallboards having board edge portions for attachment to a structural base, and an elongate, narrow tape affixed to said two wallboards, each said wallboard having a front face, a back face and an edge, said tape including an elongate center portion and two elongate tape edge portions, said two elongate tape edge portions being affixed respectively to the back faces of said two wallboards, and said elongate center portion extending across said wallboard edges, said elongate center portion having an inner surface with an adhesive film thereon, whereby said elongate center portion may be severed to separate said two wallboards with a substantial portion of said center portion and said adhesive film remaining connected to said board edge portion of at least one of said wallboards, said substantial portion of said center portion being for use in mounting said wallboard on said structural base.
A method of packaging and subsequently mounting gypsum wallboard on a suitable structural base comprising the steps of combining two wallboards face-to-face by adhering an elongate edge tape, containing wallboard mounting means, along edges of said two wallboards with tape edge portions adhered to back faces of said two wallboards and a tape center portion extending across the edges of the two wallboards, wherein said mounting means comprises an adhesive on said tape center portion, and subsequently severing said edge tape and mounting said wallboards on said suitable structural base by securing said center portion containing said mounting means to affix said wallboards to said structural base.
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