SUBSTRATE HAVING POLARIZED ADHESIVE

• US 20110111661A1
• Filed: 01/14/2011
• Published: 05/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Stromberg Allen & Co.
• Original Assignee: Stromberg Allen & Co.
• Inventors: Kruchko, Steven N.
• Application Number:
  US13/007,169
• Publication Number:
  US 20110111661A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 442/149
• CPC Class Codes: C08K 5/0016 Plasticisers
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 2409/00 Presence of diene rubber
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 2423/00 Presence of polyolefin
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 7/381 based on macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions involving only carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 7/383 Natural or synthetic rubber
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 9/00 Adhesives characterised by their physical nature or the effects produced, e.g. glue sticks C09J7/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/266 of base or substrate
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/28 Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component and having an adhesive outermost layer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/2804 Next to metal
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/2878 including addition polymer from unsaturated monomer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 442/2738 Coating or impregnation intended to function as an adhesive to solid surfaces subsequently associated therewith

Abstract

A surface cover having a polarized adhesive material bonded or operably connected to at least a portion of a substrate. The polarized adhesive material may be a hot melt adhesive material. The substrate may have little or no electret capabilities. The electrostatic charge of the polarized adhesive material may allow the surface cover to be removed from a mounting surface for positional adjustment during the application of the surface cover to the mounting surface. Once at its desired location, and/or aligned with the patterns, characters, or images on an adjacent surface cover, the polarized adhesive material may be activated. The adhesive force provided by the activated polarized adhesive material may provide a sufficient force for adhering surface cover along the mounting surface, thereby making the dissipation or loss of electrostatic charge inconsequential to the ability of the surface cover to remain at its desired position along the mounting surface.

Claims

1. A surface cover for placement on a mounting surface comprising:

a. a substrate; and

b. a polarized electret adhesive material disposed on at least a portion of the substrate, the polarized electret adhesive material being electrostatically charged to removably adhere the surface cover to the mounting surface at a selected position before the surface cover is secured to the vertical surface at the selected position by the activation of the adhesive material.

2. The surface cover of claim 1, wherein the adhesive material is a hot melt adhesive material.

3. The surface cover of claim 2, wherein the polarized electret adhesive material comprises a polypropylene.

4. The surface cover of claim 2, wherein the polarized electret adhesive material comprises a polyisobutylene.

5. The surface cover of claim 2, wherein the polarized electret adhesive material comprises a cyclic olefin copolymer.

6. The surface cover of claim 2, wherein the polarized electret adhesive material has a glass transition temperature of from about 35°

C. to about 65°

C.

7. The surface cover of claim 6, wherein the polarized electret adhesive material has a glass transition temperature of about 60°

C.

9. The surface cover of claim 2, wherein the polarized electret adhesive material has a melt temperature of from about 65°

C. to about 205°

C.

10. The surface cover of claim 9, wherein the polarized electret adhesive material has melt temperature of from about 100°

C. to about 200°

C.

11. The surface cover of claim 2, wherein the polarized electret adhesive material has dielectric constant of from about 2.2 to 2.6.

12. The surface cover of claim 11, wherein the polarized electret adhesive material has dielectric constant of about 2.35.

13. The surface cover of claim 2 wherein the substrate is a nonwoven fabric composed of cellulose and or synthetic fibers.

14. The surface cover of claim 2, wherein the wherein the substrate is a woven fabric composed of cellulose and or synthetic fibers.

15. The surface cover of claim 2, wherein the polarized electret adhesive material has a dissipation factor of less than 0.005.

16. The surface cover of claim 2, wherein the polarized electret adhesive material has a dissipation factor of from about 0.0002 to about 0.005.

17. A wallpaper, comprising:

a substrate; and

a polarized electret adhesive disposed on the substrate.

18. The surface cover of claim 17, wherein the adhesive material is a hot melt adhesive material.

19. The surface cover of claim 18, wherein the polarized electret adhesive material comprises a polypropylene.

20. The surface cover of claim 18, wherein the polarized electret adhesive material comprises a polyisobutylene.

21. The surface cover of claim 18, wherein the polarized electret adhesive material comprises a cyclic olefin copolymer.

22. The surface cover of claim 18, wherein the polarized electret adhesive material has a glass transition temperature of from about 35°

C. to about 65°

C.

23. The surface cover of claim 22, wherein the polarized electret adhesive material has a glass transition temperature of about 60°

C.

24. The surface cover of claim 18, wherein the polarized electret adhesive material has a melt temperature of from about 65°

C. to about 205°

C.

25. The surface cover of claim 24, wherein the polarized electret adhesive material has melt temperature of from about 100°

C. to about 200°

C.

26. The surface cover of claim 18, wherein the polarized electret adhesive material has dielectric constant of from about 2.2 to 2.6.

27. The surface cover of claim 26, wherein the polarized electret adhesive material has dielectric constant of about 2.35.

28. The surface cover of claim 18, wherein the polarized electret adhesive material has a dissipation factor of less than 0.005.

29. The surface cover of claim 18, wherein the polarized electret adhesive material has a dissipation factor of from about 0.0002 to about 0.005.

30. The surface cover of claim 18, wherein the substrate is a nonwoven fabric composed of cellulose and or synthetic fibers.

31. The surface cover of claim 18, wherein the wherein the substrate is a woven fabric composed of cellulose and or synthetic fibers.