Certainteed Gypsum, Inc.

Craig Douglas Radford

Michael House

Stephen Cline

Thomas C Molloy

The present disclosure relates a building surface accessory comprising an elongated body having a length that extends from a first end to a second end, the elongated body having an inside surface, an outside surface, a first edge, and a second edge, and an adhesive sheet having an outside surface coupled to the elongated body, an inside surface, and pressure sensitive adhesive on at least a portion of the inside surface, wherein the adhesive sheet is embossed such that the pressure sensitive adhesive has a plurality of raised portions.

Pressure sensitive adhesive building surface accessory

The present disclosure relates generally to building surface joint supports, for example, configured to bridge and support the seam between two building surface panels. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a joint support configured to support a joint between building surface panels. The joint support includes a longitudinal support strip including a first end, a second end, a first side edge, a second side edge, an inner surface, and an outer surface. An inner layer of adhesive is distributed over the inner surface of the longitudinal support strip and is configured to bond with a joint compound. The adhesive of the inner layer includes a polysaccharide.

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Lake Tapps, WA, United States of America

Craig Douglas Radford