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US 6,413,626 B1Granted
Wheel weight/tape article and a method of using
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorMark R. Wollner
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Abstract
Easily removable, pressure-sensitive adhesive tape/wheel weight articles are provided. The articles of the invention comprise (a) a stretchable tape, wherein the tape has a first major surface and a second opposing major surface; and (b) a weight attached to the first major surface of the tape; wherein said tape is capable of being firmly bonded to a wheel via the second major surface of the tape and further being capable of being removed from the wheel and the weight after being stretched at an angle no greater than about 35 degrees from the surface of the wheel.
Claims42
An article comprising:
- (a) a stretchable tape, wherein the tape has a first major surface and a second opposing major surface;
- and
- (b) a weight bonded to the first major surface of the tape;
- wherein said tape is capable of being firmly bonded to a wheel via the second major surface of the tape and further being capable of being removed from the wheel and the weight after being stretched at an angle no greater than about 35 degrees from the surface of the wheel, wherein a tab extends from the tape from at least one end, wherein said tab is capable of being gripped in a manner to stretch the tape at an angle no greater than 35° from the surface of the wheel,
- wherein the cohesive strength of the tape is greater than its adhesive strength to the weight and the wheel.
2 more elements
An article comprising:
- (a) a stretchable tape, wherein the tape has a first major surface and a second opposing major surface;
- and
- (b) a bracket bonded to the first major surface of the tape;
- and
- (c) a weight interlocked into the bracket, wherein the weight is not directly bonded to the tape;
- wherein said tape is capable of being firmly bonded to a wheel via the second major surface of the tape and further being capable of being removed from the bracket after being stretched at an angle no greater than about 35 degrees from the surface of the wheel, wherein a tab extends from the tape from at least one end, wherein the weight extends over the tab, wherein the weight is capable of being subsequently removed from the bracket to expose the tab, wherein said tab is capable upon removal of the weight of being gripped in a manner to stretch the tape at an angle no greater than 35° from the surface of the wheel,
- wherein the cohesive strength of the tape is greater than its adhesive strength to the bracket and the wheel.
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An article comprising:
- (a) a stretchable tape, wherein the tape has a first major surface and a second opposing major surface;
- and
- (b) a weight bonded to the first major surface of the tape;
- and
- (c) a bracket interlocked into the weight, wherein the bracket is not directly bonded to the tape;
- wherein said tape is capable of being firmly bonded to a wheel via the second major surface of the tape and further being capable of being removed from the wheel and the weight after being stretched at an angle no greater than about 35 degrees from the surface of the wheel, wherein a tab extends from the tape from at least one end, wherein the bracket extends over the tab, wherein the bracket is capable of being subsequently removed from the weight to expose the tab, wherein said tab is capable upon removal of the bracket of being gripped in a manner to stretch the tape at an angle no greater than 35° from the surface of the wheel,
- wherein the cohesive strength of the tape is greater than its adhesive strength to the weight and the wheel.
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A method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing an article comprising
- (i) a stretchable tape, wherein the tape has a first major surface and a second opposing major surface;
- and
- (ii) a weight bonded to the first major surface of the tape;
- wherein said tape is capable of being firmly bonded to a wheel via the second major surface of the tape and further being capable of being removed from the wheel and the weight after being stretched at an angle no greater than about 35 degrees from the surface of the wheel, wherein a tab extends from the tape from at least one end, wherein said tab is capable of being gripped in a manner to stretch the tape at an angle no greater than 35° from the surface of the wheel,
- wherein the cohesive strength of the tape is greater than its adhesive strength to the weight and the wheel;
- and
- (b) applying the article to a wheel via the adhesive on the second major surface of the article.
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A method comprising the steps of
- (a) providing a tape comprising
- (i) a stretchable tape, wherein the tape has a first major surface and a second opposing major surface;
- and
- (ii) a bracket bonded to the first major surface of the tape;
- and
- (iii) a weight interlocked into the bracket, wherein the weight is not directly bonded to the tape;
- wherein said tape is capable of being firmly bonded to a wheel via the second major surface of the tape and further being capable of being removed from the bracket after being stretched at an angle no greater than about 35 degrees from the surface of the wheel, wherein a tab extends from the tape from at least one end, wherein the weight extends over the tab, wherein the weight is capable of being subsequently removed from the bracket to expose the tab, wherein said tab is capable upon removal of the weight of being gripped in a manner to stretch the tape at an angle no greater than 35° from the surface of the wheel,
- wherein the cohesive strength of the tape is greater than its adhesive strength to the bracket and the wheel;
- and
- (b) applying the article to a wheel via the adhesive on the second major surface of the article.
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A method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a tape comprising
- (i) a stretchable tape, wherein the tape has a first major surface and a second opposing major surface;
- and
- (ii) a weight bonded to the first major surface of the tape;
- and
- (iii) a bracket interlocked into the weight, wherein the bracket is not directly bonded to the tape;
- wherein said tape is capable of being firmly bonded to a wheel via the second major surface of the tape and further being capable of being removed from the wheel and the weight after being stretched at an angle no greater than about 35 degrees from the surface of the wheel, wherein a tab extends from the tape from at least one end, wherein the bracket extends over the tab, wherein the bracket is capable of being subsequently removed from the weight to expose the tab, wherein said tab is capable upon removal of the bracket of being gripped in a manner to stretch the tape at an angle no greater than 35° from the surface of the wheel, wherein the cohesive strength of the tape is greater than its adhesive strength to the weight and the wheel;
- and
- (b) applying the article to a wheel via the adhesive on the second major surface of the article.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.