Dee M Johnson

US Patent:

58955402, Apr 20, 1999

Filed:

Sep 15, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/121668

Inventors:

John Richard David - Stillwater MN
Dee Lynn Johnson - Woodbury MN
Kenneth Francis Knoll - Hastings MN
Curtis Larson - Hudson WI
Graham Edward Thoms - St. Paul MN
Raymond Daniel Zachrison - Lindstrom MN

Assignee:

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company - St. Paul MN

International Classification:

B32B 3100

US Classification:

156226

Abstract:

A linerless double-backed adhesive tape structure is disclosed. In one embodiment the tape has three tape strips each with an adhesive coated surface and an adhesive free surface. Two of the strips are joined to a center strip along its lateral edges with the adhesive coated surfaces of the two strips overlapping and adhered to the adhesive coated surface of the center strip. Also disclosed is a method of unitizing and sealing a plurality of containers. In one embodiment a double-backed adhesive tape structure is adhered to each of the containers and the containers are stacked together with the exposed adhesive side of the tape on each container adhered to the exposed adhesive side of the tape on an adjacent container. Finally, an apparatus for dispensing the double-backed adhesive tape of the present invention is disclosed.

US Patent:

43961282, Aug 2, 1983

Filed:

Jan 22, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/341903

Inventors:

Curtis L. Larson - Hudson WI
Dee L. Johnson - Woodbury MN

Assignee:

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company - St. Paul MN

International Classification:

B65D 2310

US Classification:

215100A

Abstract:

A bail structure comprising an elongate polymeric strip including a handle portion, and two end anchor portions adapted to be adhered to opposite sides of a container. Each of the anchor portions includes a first part projecting away from the handle portion and a second part projecting at a right angle away from the adjacent end of the handle portion. The handle portion can be moved from a storage position adjacent an end of a container on which the anchor portions are adhered, to a use position extending across the end of the container, at which use position the handle portion may be used to suspend the container.