Adhesive wheel balancing weights having a serrated backing strip
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1. A wheel balancing device comprising:
- an elongate tape having a top surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface of said tape having an adhesive for attaching said tape to a rim of a wheel;
a plurality of weights attached to the top surface of said tape; and
an elongate backing strip having a top surface removably attached to the bottom surface of said tape, said backing strip having a plurality of transverse serrations that form lift tabs to facilitate removing said backing strip from said tape.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a wheel balancing device having a plurality of wheel balancing weights attached to a top surface of an elongate tape, and a backing strip removably attached to and protecting an adhesive layer on the bottom surface of the tape. The backing strip is serrated below the grooves separating the individual wheel balancing weights to facilitate separation of the individual weights quickly and easily. Each backing strip serration may be in the shape of a lift tab or finger grip to further ease removal of the backing strip from the adhesive layer on the bottom surface of the tape.
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1. A wheel balancing device comprising:
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an elongate tape having a top surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface of said tape having an adhesive for attaching said tape to a rim of a wheel;
a plurality of weights attached to the top surface of said tape; and
an elongate backing strip having a top surface removably attached to the bottom surface of said tape, said backing strip having a plurality of transverse serrations that form lift tabs to facilitate removing said backing strip from said tape. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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