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Removable tape laminate including a flexible non-stretchable support layer

  • US 6,558,789 B1
  • Filed: 11/10/1999
  • Issued: 05/06/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In combination:

  • a substrate;

    a member; and

    a tape laminate locating the member along the substrate, said tape laminate comprising;

    a support layer of strong, flexible, conformable, essentially non stretchable material having opposite ends and opposite major surfaces extending between said ends; and

    an attachment strip having opposite ends and first and second opposite major surfaces extending between said ends of said attachment strip, said attachment strip comprising a first layer of stretch release adhesive defining said first major surface of said attachment strip, said second major surface of said attachment strip being firmly attached to one of said major surfaces of said support layer, a first part of said first major surface of said attachment strip along a first part of said support layer being adhered to said substrate, and a second part of said first major surface of said attachment strip along a second part of said support layer being adhered to said member, the support layer restricting stretching of the attachment strip due to forces applied to the tape laminate and said attachment strip having a manually engageable tab portion at one of said ends affording stretching of said first layer of stretch release adhesive by pulling on said tab portion to release adhesive engagement of said first layer of stretch release adhesive from said substrate and said member.

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