Partition mounting systems, partition assembly kits, double-sided adhesive tape and methods of installation and application

• US 9,115,539 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2010
• Issued: 08/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zipwall LLC
• Original Assignee: Zipwall LLC
• Inventors: Whittemore, Jeffrey P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Stashick, Anthony
• Assistant Examiner(s): DESAI, KAUSHIKKUMAR A
• Application Number:
  US12/889,968
• Publication Number:
  US 20110068025A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,796 Days
• Field of Search: 160/368.1, 160/368.6, 206/223, 206574-576, 206/582, 522/02
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 21/241 for temporarily closing door or window openings
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/80 flexible upwardly folding flexible screens E06B9/262
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 5/025 Provisional closures, e.g. temporary security doors

Abstract

A partition assembly kit including a receptacle, a sheet of material of a sufficient size to cover a standard-sized entry way, a roll of double-sided tape comprising a carrier material having a high-tack adhesive material on a first side of the carrier material and a low-tack adhesive material on a second side of the carrier material, wherein the first side of the carrier material has a peel adhesion greater than the second side of the carrier material, and at least one zipper having a length greater than 50% the height of the standard-sized entry way.

Claims

1. A partition assembly kit, comprising:

a receptacle;

a roll of double-sided tape comprising a carrier material having a high-tack adhesive material on a first side of the carrier material and a low-tack adhesive material on a second side of the carrier material, wherein the first side of the carrier material has a peel adhesion greater than the second side of the carrier material, wherein the carrier material comprises a paper carrier material, wherein the first side of the carrier material has a peel adhesion greater than or equal to 20 N/in and wherein the second side of the carrier material has a peel adhesion less than or equal to 15 N/in; and

a sheet of material of a sufficient size to cover a standard-sized door, the sheet of material, within the kit, comprising;

a first zipper applied to the sheet of material having a length greater than 50% a height of a standard-sized door, wherein the first zipper extends in a vertical direction to an edge portion of the sheet of material; and

a second zipper applied to the sheet of material having a length greater than 50% a height of a standard-sized door, wherein the second zipper extends in a vertical direction to the edge portion of the sheet of material, wherein the second zipper is spaced apart from the first zipper and extends in a direction parallel to the first zipper,

wherein each of the first and second zippers comprises inner and outer flanges, each of the inner and outer flanges having first and second teeth portions therebetween that can be meshed together or separated via a zipper pull, each of the inner and outer flanges having a bonding surface,

wherein an adhesive material bonds the bonding surfaces of the inner and outer flanges to the sheet of material,

the inner flanges of the first and second zippers coupled to an intermediate region of the sheet between the first and second zippers,

the outer flange of the first zipper coupled to a first outer region of the sheet;

the outer flange of the second zipper coupled to a second outer region of the sheet;

upper portions of the intermediate region, the first outer region and the second outer region of the sheet extending continuously to a horizontal region of the sheet of material; and

first and second openings in the sheet extending in the vertical direction, the first opening between the first outer region and the intermediate region, the second opening between the second outer region and the intermediate region, the first and second cuts openings corresponding with the first and second zippers respectively to separate the first outer region, the intermediate region and the second outer region of the sheet in the horizontal direction,

wherein each of the first and second openings comprises first and second edges, the first and second edges being parallel and spaced apart from each other, the first and second edges being bonded to the bonding surfaces of the inner and outer flanges, the first and second teeth portions being positioned within the first and second openings and between the corresponding first and second edges of the first and second openings,

the first and second openings being devoid of sheet material to avoid interference with the first and second teeth portions of the first and second zippers during zipper operation.

2. The partition assembly kit of claim 1, wherein the receptacle comprises a container for storing the sheet of material and the roll of double-sided tape.

3. The partition assembly kit of claim 2, wherein the receptacle comprises a resealable container.

4. The partition assembly kit of claim 1, wherein the receptacle comprises one selected from the group consisting of a cardboard box, a paper box, a plastic container, a canvas bag, a plastic bag and a cloth bag.

5. The partition assembly kit of claim 2, wherein the container is compartmentalized, such that each of the sheet of material and the roll of double-sided tape can be separated within the container.

6. The partition assembly kit of claim 1, wherein the sheet of material and the roll of double-sided tape are enclosed within the receptacle.

7. The partition assembly kit of claim 6, wherein the receptacle is compartmentalized, such that each of the sheet of material and the roll of double-sided tape can be separated within the receptacle.

8. The partition assembly kit of claim 7, wherein the receptacle comprises a first compartment, a second compartment and a third compartment.

9. The partition assembly kit of claim 8, wherein the sheet of material is stored within the first compartment.

10. The partition assembly kit of claim 8, wherein the roll of double-sided tape is stored within the second compartment.

11. The partition assembly kit of claim 1, wherein the sheet of material comprises at least one of a mono-film sheet material, a poly-film sheet material, a plastic or synthetic sheet material, a cloth material, a canvas material and a reinforced plastic tarp material.

12. The partition assembly kit of claim 1, wherein the sheet of material is of a sufficient size to cover a standard-sized entry way comprising a door having dimensions selected from the group consisting of:

2′

0″

×

6′

8″

, 2′

2″

×

6′

8″

, 2′

4″

×

6′

8″

, 2′

6″

×

6′

8″

, 2′

8″

×

6′

8″

, 2′

10″

×

6′

8″ and

3′

0″

×

6′

8″

.

13. The partition assembly kit of claim 1, wherein the sheet of material is of a sufficient size to cover a standard-sized entry way having a width ranging between about 2′

feet to about 8′

feet and a height ranging between about 5′

feet to about 12′

feet.

14. The partition assembly kit of claim 1, wherein the roll of double-sided tape has a differential adhesive ratio that ranges between about 4:

3 to about 6;

1, the differential adhesive ratio being a ratio of the peel adhesion of the first side of the carrier material to the peel adhesion of the second side of the carrier material.

15. The partition assembly kit of claim 1, wherein the second side of the carrier material comprises a UV protectant.

16. The partition assembly kit of claim 1, wherein the roll of double-sided tape further comprises a tape liner positioned on the first side of the carrier material having the high-tack adhesive material thereon.

17. The partition assembly kit of claim 16, wherein the tape liner comprises a red-colored release liner.

18. The partition assembly kit of claim 16, wherein the tape liner comprises a paper tape liner.

19. The partition assembly kit of claim 1, wherein the adhesive material is disposed on each of the inner and outer flanges.

20. The partition assembly kit of claim 1, further comprising a sheet cutter.

21. The partition assembly kit of claim 20, wherein the sheet cutter comprises:

a handle;

first and second puncture fingers extending from the handle, the puncture fingers having piercing ends that are constructed and arranged to pierce the sheet of material to be cut at first and second piercing locations; and

first and second blades between the piercing ends of the puncture fingers and the handle that are constructed and arranged to cut the sheet of material starting at the first and second piercing locations and extending in a direction of applied cutting force for cutting two parallel incisions in the sheet of material.

22. The partition assembly kit of claim 1, wherein the length of the at least one zipper is greater than 75% the height of the standard-sized door.

23. The partition assembly kit of claim 1, wherein the carrier material of the roll of double-sided tape consists of a single carrier material.

24. A partition assembly kit, comprising:

a receptacle;

a roll of double-sided tape comprising a carrier material having a high-tack adhesive material on a first side of the carrier material and a low-tack adhesive material on a second side of the carrier material, wherein the first side of the carrier material has a peel adhesion greater than the second side of the carrier material, wherein the carrier material comprises a paper carrier material, wherein the first side of the carrier material has a peel adhesion greater than or equal to 20 N/in and wherein the second side of the carrier material has a peel adhesion less than or equal to 15 N/in; and

a sheet of material of a sufficient size to cover a standard-sized door, the sheet of material, within the kit, comprising;

a first zipper applied to the sheet of material having a length greater than 75% the height of a standard-sized door; and

,

a second zipper applied to the sheet of material having a length greater than 75% a height of ache standard-sized door,

wherein the first zipper extends in a vertical direction to an edge portion of the sheet of material,

wherein the second zipper extends in a vertical direction to the edge portion of the sheet of material, wherein the second zipper is spaced apart from the first zipper and extends in a direction parallel to the first zipper,

wherein each of the first and second zippers comprises inner and outer flanges, each of the inner and outer flanges having first and second teeth portions therebetween that can be meshed together or separated via a zipper pull and each having a bonding surface, and

wherein an adhesive material bonds the bonding surfaces of the inner and outer flanges to the sheet of material,

the inner flanges of the first and second zippers coupled to an intermediate region of the sheet between the first and second zippers,

the outer flange of the first zipper coupled to a first outer region of the sheet;

the outer flange of the second zipper coupled to a second outer region of the sheet;

upper portions of the intermediate region, the first outer region and the second outer region of the sheet extending continuously to a horizontal region of the sheet of material; and

first and second openings in the sheet extending in the vertical direction, the first opening between the first outer region and the intermediate region, the second opening between the second outer region and the intermediate region, the first and second openings corresponding with the first and second zippers respectively to separate the first outer region, the intermediate region and the second outer region of the sheet in the horizontal direction,

wherein each of the first and second openings comprises first and second edges, the first and second edges being parallel and spaced apart from each other, the first and second edges being bonded to the bonding surfaces of the inner and outer flanges, the first and second teeth portions being positioned within the first and second openings and between the corresponding first and second edges of the first and second openings,

the first and second openings being devoid of sheet material to avoid interference with the first and second teeth portions of the first and second zippers during zipper operation,

wherein the sheet of material and the roll of double-sided tape are enclosed within the receptacle,

wherein the receptacle comprises one selected from the group consisting of a cardboard box, a paper box, a plastic container, a canvas bag, a plastic bag and a cloth bag,

wherein the sheet of material comprises at least one of a mono-film sheet material, a poly-film sheet material, a plastic or synthetic sheet material, a cloth material, a canvas material and a reinforced plastic tarp material,

wherein the roll of double-sided tape has a differential adhesive ratio that ranges between about 4;

3 to about 6;

1, the differential adhesive ratio being a ratio of the peel adhesion of the first side of the carrier material to the peel adhesion of the second side of the carrier material, and

wherein the roll of double-sided tape further comprises a tape liner positioned on the first side of the carrier material having the high-tack adhesive material thereon.