James L Bries

6403206, Jun 11, 2002

Sep 20, 1994

08/308937

James L. Bries - Cottage Grove MN
Michael D. Hamerski - Baldwin WI

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company - St. Paul MN

C09J 702

428220, 4283173, 428354, 428355 RA

Conformable pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes which comprise a layer of polymeric foam in the backing and may be adhered firmly to a substrate and thereafter removed therefrom after only being stretched at an angle no greater than about 35Â from the surface of the substrate. Articles for mounting an object such as a picture to a surface such as a wall comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape of the invention are also described.

6410135, Jun 25, 2002

Jan 21, 2000

09/489361

Michael D. Hamerski - Township of Baldwin WI
James L. Bries - Cottage Grove MN

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

C09J 700

428343, 428213, 4283173, 428354

A stretch releasing adhesive tape article including an elongated length of stretch releasing adhesive tape with side surfaces including at least one potential contact surface area. At least a portion of the potential contact surface area includes an adhesive surface. The potential contact surface area includes a first interface surface area in the uncompressed state and a second interface surface area greater than the first interface surface area in the compressed state. The stretch releasing adhesive tape in the uncompressed state can operate as a pull tab. The potential contact surface area in the uncompressed state can include a plurality of raised portions, a non-planar structure, or a discontinuous surface.

6499707, Dec 31, 2002

Feb 22, 2001

09/790280

Michael D. Hamerski - Baldwin WI
James L. Bries - Cottage Grove MN
Alex Rodriquez, Jr. - Stillwater MN
Bruce W. Carlson - Minneapolis MN

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

A47G 117

2482053, 248683, 248544

An article support adapted for adhering to a substrate is described. The article support preferably includes a base member, a stretch release adhesive tape adhered to that base member, and some mechanism for gripping the stretch release adhesive tape. These items are arranged so that when the base member is adhered to the substrate by the stretch release adhesive tape, the base member can be removed by pulling on the gripping means at an acute angle from the surface of the substrate. Gripping means which resist disassociation from the stretch release adhesive tape during the removal of the base from the substrate are disclosed, including handle types. The base member can be generic, suitable for attaching various types of support members via, for example, complimentary dovetail slides. In such cases, provision such as a latch can be made to temporarily lock the support member to the base member. The article support can be provided so that when the support member is removed from the base member, the gripping mechanism engages the support member to automatically stretch the tape and remove the base member from the substrate.

6569521, May 27, 2003

Jul 6, 2000

09/612341

Margaret M. Sheridan - Woodbury MN
James L. Bries - Cottage Grove MN
Jeffrey D. Malmer - Mahtomedi MN
Audrey A. Sherman - St. Paul MN
David J. Kinning - Woodbury MN

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

C09J 702

428343, 428 401, 428447, 2482053, 248304, 528 14

A stretch releasing pressure sensitive adhesive tape includes a silicone pressure sensitive adhesive composition that exhibits a 180Â peel strength on a glass substrate at 98% relative humidity of at least about 5. 47 N/dm and a non-tacky tab. A stretch releasing pressure sensitive adhesive tape includes a pressure sensitive adhesive composition having a modulus at 1 radian/second and -17Â C. of no greater than about 1Ã10 Pa and a non-tacky tab.

6572945, Jun 3, 2003

May 7, 2001

09/764483

James L. Bries - Cottage Grove MN
Michael D. Hamerski - Baldwin Township WI

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company - Saint Paul MN

B32B 900

428 401, 24 67 AR, 24306, 428 419, 428 99, 428100

An adhesive tape construction is removable from one or more objects to which it is adhered and which is reusably separable within its construction so that an object can be separated from another and subsequently reconnected with one another. The adhesive tape construction can be used to bond the other opposed surfaces of objects, including rigid objects such as a picture frame to a wall, where no portion of the adhesive tape construction projects from between the objects, and which subsequently affords easy separation of the objects without damage to either of them. More specifically, the adhesive tape construction includes a stretch release adhesive tape structure combined with a reusable connector surface.

6641096, Nov 4, 2003

Sep 13, 2001

09/953316

Ronald C. Johansson - Stillwater MN
James L. Bries - Cottage Grove MN
Robert K. Galkiewicz - Roseville MN
Ned B. Johnson - Minneapolis MN

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

C09J 702

2482053, 2482054, 2483091, 428343, 24575

A stretch releasing tape article useful for bundling items such as cables, wires, or the like includes a stretch releasing adhesive tape strip, a rigid base plate for attachment with the tape strip, and an elongate flexible strap attached to the base plate that can be arranged around the items and attached to itself to form a closed loop.

6641910, Nov 4, 2003

Aug 24, 1999

09/382177

James L. Bries - Cottage Grove MN
Ronald C. Johansson - Stillwater MN

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

C09J 702

428343, 428 401, 428 56, 428 58, 428121, 428124, 428126, 428192, 428906, 2482053, 248304

A stretch releasing adhesive tape article includes an elongate length of stretch releasing adhesive tape and a segmented liner arranged on the adhesive that can be used to form a manually engageable pull tab at a selected location on a discrete strip of tape cut from the length of tape. Each segment of the liner can be individually removed from the tape. The segmented liner allows the adhesive tape to be made in any length and wound upon itself to form a roll, and allows a user to cut a strip having a selected length depending on the end use application for the strip, and further allows the user to form a manually engageable non-adhesive pull tab at any location on the strip which can be grasped and pulled by a user to stretch remove the tape from a substrate.

6692807, Feb 17, 2004

Mar 24, 2003

10/393982

James L. Bries - Cottage Grove MN
Michael D. Hamerski - Baldwin Township WI

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company - St. Paul MN

B32B 900

428 401, 24 24 AR, 24306, 428 419, 428 99, 428100

An adhesive tape construction is removable from one or more objects to which it is adhered and which is reusably separable within its construction so that an object can be separated from another and subsequently reconnected with one another. The adhesive tape construction can be used to bond the other opposed surfaces of objects, including rigid objects such as a picture frame to a wall, where no portion of the adhesive tape construction projects from between the objects, and which subsequently affords easy separation of the objects without damage to either of them. More specifically, the adhesive tape construction includes a stretch release adhesive tape structure combined with a reusable connector surface.