Method for making multilayer pad
AssigneeM. J. Woods, Inc.
InventorsJames M. Woods, Marilyn S. Woods
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Abstract
The invention comprises a method for manufacturing a laminated pad in a cost-efficient manner. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of applying strips of adhesive to a first substrate and mounting the first substrate to a second substrate. Next, adhesive is applied to the entire width of a third substrate which is in turn mounted to the laminated first and second substrates to create a laminated sheet. The laminated sheet can be slit and then die cut into individual laminated pads. The pads which result from this process have a base pad, an intermediate layer which is adhered to the base pad and a top layer in which only a portion of the top layer is mounted to the intermediate layer.
Claims18
A method of manufacturing a plurality of multilayer pads comprising the steps of:
- providing a web of base pad forming material having a longitudinal axis, an attachment surface, an application surface and a prescribed base pad width;
- providing a web of intermediate layer forming material having a longitudinal axis, an upper attachment surface and a lower attachment surface;
- providing a web of handle forming material having a longitudinal axis, a lower attachment surface, an exposed upper surface and a width substantially equal to the base pad width;
- mounting the attachment surface of the base pad forming material to the lower attachment surface of the intermediate layer forming material so that substantially the entire lower attachment surface of the intermediate layer forming material is mounted m the upper attachment surface of the base forming material;
- applying a strip of adhesive to a portion of one of the upper attachment surface of the intermediate layer forming material and the lower attachment surface of the handle forming material along a longitudinal axis of said one surface;
- mounting the upper attachment surface of the intermediate layer forming material to the lower attachment surface of the handle forming material so that the upper attachment surface of the intermediate layer forming material is adhered to the lower attachment at surface of the handle forming along said strips of adhesive;
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- simultaneously cutting the base pad forming material, intermediate layer forming material and handle forming material to create at least two laterally adjacent multilayer pads having a base pad, an intermediate layer and a handle, the handle comprising a mounted portion and a pivotable portion, wherein the mounted portion of the two pads are cut from the same strip of adhesive applied to said one of the handle forming material and the intermediate layer forming material.
A method of manufacturing a plurality of multilayer pads comprising the steps of:
- providing a sheet of base pad forming material having a prescribed width, an attachment surface and an application surface;
- providing a sheet of handle forming material having a width substantially equal to the base pad width, a lower attachment surface and an exposed upper surface;
- applying at least two strips of adhesive to at least one of the attachment surface of the base pad and the lower attachment surface of the sheet of handle forming material;
- selectively mounting a portion of the attachment surface of the base pad forming material to the lower attachment surface of the handle forming material such that less than the entire attachment surface of the base pad forming material is mounted to the lower attachment surface of the handle forming material;
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- cutting the laminated sheet into at least four individual pads aligned linearly in a direction substantially normal to the at least two strips of adhesive such that two laterally adjacent pads are cut from each strip of adhesive and the handle forming material of each pad comprises a mounted portion which is mounted to the base pad material and a pivotable portion which is not mounted to the base pad material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.