Stretch releasing adhesive article with shape retaining member
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsJames F. Pitzen, Ronald C. Johansson
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Abstract
A stretch releasable adhesive tape article includes an extensible adhesive strip having a non-adhesive pull tab and a shape retaining member arranged within or adjacent to the adhesive strip. The shape retaining member is repeatably manually movable between a first position allowing a user to manually grasp the non-adhesive pull tab to stretch release the adhesive strip from a substrate, and a displaced position for maintaining the non-adhesive pull tab at a position offset from the first position.
Claims21
A stretch releasable adhesive tape article, comprising:
- (a) an extensible adhesive strip having an adhesive first end portion and a non-adhesive second end portion defining a pull tab;
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- (b) a shape retaining member connected with said adhesive strip and arranged adjacent to said adhesive strip first and second end portions, said shape retaining member being repeatably manually movable between a first position allowing a user to manually grasp said non-adhesive pull tab to stretch release said adhesive strip from a substrate, and a displaced position for maintaining said non-adhesive pull tab at a position offset from said first position.
A stretch releasable adhesive tape article, comprising:
- (a) an extensible adhesive strip having a non-adhesive pull tab;
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- (b) shape retaining means connected with said adhesive strip and arranged adjacent to said adhesive strip non-adhesive pull tab, said shape retaining means being repeatably manually movable between a first position allowing a user to manually grasp said non-adhesive pull tab to stretch release said adhesive strip from a substrate, and a displaced position for maintaining said non-adhesive pull tab at a position offset from said first position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.