Adhesively mounted article support assembly with exposed pull tab

• US 8,708,305 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2010
• Issued: 04/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (3M Company)
• Original Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (3M Company)
• Inventors: McGreevy, Sean C., Thompson, Craig D., Qiblawi, Jameel R., Fu, Berlin, Kun, Ho H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wujciak, Alfred J
• Application Number:
  US12/849,990
• Publication Number:
  US 20120032043A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,364 Days
• Field of Search: 248/683, 248/467, 248/309.1, 248/317, 248/205.3, 405/94, 156/247, 156/249, 428/40.1, 428/41.7, 428/41.8, 428/41.9, 428/42.1, 428/42.2, 428/42.3
• US Class Current: 248/683
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 1/175 Stretch releasing adhesives

Abstract

An article support assembly includes a stretch releasable adhesive strip having an adhesive portion and a non-adhesive pull tab portion, and a unitary article support member arranged over at least a portion of the adhesive portion of the stretch releasable adhesive strip. The article support member and pull tab are configured so that when the article support member is mounted on a surface using the stretch releasable adhesive strip, the pull tab remains exposed but is visually inconspicuous.

Claims

1. An article support assembly, comprising:

(a) a stretch releasable adhesive strip having an adhesive portion and a non-adhesive pull tab portion; and

(b) a unitary article support member arranged over at least a portion of the adhesive portion of the stretch releasable adhesive strip, the article support member including a back plate portion and an article support portion, the back plate portion defining opposing first and second major faces, wherein the stretch releasable adhesive strip is applied to the first major face and the article support portion projects from the second major face;

wherein the non-adhesive pull tab portion of the stretch releasable adhesive strip and the back plate portion of the article support member combine to form the article support assembly to have a generally symmetric curved profile, and wherein the article support assembly is configured such that when the article support member is mounted to a surface using the stretch releasable adhesive strip, at least a portion of the non-adhesive pull tab portion extends outwardly beyond a periphery of the back plate portion and adjacent edges of the back plate portion and the pull tab are contiguous and aligned, and thereby form a smooth continuous curved profile.

2. An article support assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein the profile of the article support assembly is oval.

3. An article support assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein the back plate includes a first end opposite the pull tab and a second end adjacent the pull tab, and further wherein the back plate first end has a shape that generally corresponds to the shape of the pull tab.

4. An article support assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein the article support and the pull tab are transparent.

5. An article support assembly, comprising:

(a) a stretch releasable adhesive strip having an adhesive portion and a non-adhesive pull tab portion; and

(b) a unitary article support member including a back plate portion and an article support portion arranged over the adhesive portion of the stretch releasable adhesive strip;

wherein the back plate portion includes a cutout region, wherein at least a portion of the pull tab portion is arranged within the cutout region such that the portion of the pull tab portion is exposed and visible through the cutout region when the article support member is mounted to a surface by the stretch releasable adhesive strip, and wherein the stretch releasable adhesive strip and the article support member combine to form an article support assembly having a generally symmetric and continuous profile;

wherein the article support portion is a hook projecting from the back plate portion;

wherein a bottom edge of the back plate portion defines a perimeter of the cutout region, and further wherein projection of the hook terminates a tip spaced from the back plate portion and defines a lower edge opposite the tip, the lower edge being aligned with the bottom edge and having a shape corresponding with a shape of the bottom edge.

6. An article support assembly as defined in claim 5, wherein the cutout region is concave.