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3m Innovative Properties Company

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David C Windorski

Matthew D Chaffee

Joseph P Callahan, Jr

James A Wilson

Wayne K Darvell

Lee A Fain

Andrew John Ouderkirk

Olester Benson, Jr

Casey L Carlson

Peter J Newbould

Douglas Scott Dunn

Michael E Hamerly

Charles David Hoyle

Bruce W Carlson

Dennis L Crawford

Donald J McClure

Kevin M Hamer

Jonathan P Van Dore

Alden R Miles

Timothy J O'Leary

Martin A Kenner

Douglas P Bodziak

Patricia R Konsti

Lynette M Miles

Tanya M Laine

Stephen L Gamradt

Thomas F Serbus

James E Nash

Perry S Dotterman

Paul S Montgomery

Nathan A Abel

Kenneth J Kirchhoff

Daniel E Siltberg

Pasquale Cirulli

Thomas G Skulley

Timothy A Mertens

David C Byram

Thomas C Meier

John J Emmel

James C Nygard

Glen H Bayer, Jr

Ronald W Most

Dorman N Thompson

Jason R Jacobson

Steven L Henry

June M Armbruster

Mary K Miller-Bruns

Willem V Bastiaens

David O Kubiatowicz

James J Trussell

Michel Bourdin

William H Sheeler

Timothy A Jacobs

Lori A Starken

Michelle A Baker

Paul Braund

Mark W Hauser

Timothy J O'LEARY

Kenneth J Hanley

A paperclip tab for coupling to an object. The paperclip tab can include a paperclip having a first leg and a second leg, and a sheet having a front surface and a rear surface opposite the front surface. The sheet can include a first portion, and a second portion overlapping at least part of the first portion, with the rear surface of the first portion and the rear surface of the second portion facing each another, such that a pocket is formed that can retain the first leg of the paperclip. At least a portion of the rear surface of the first portion can be adhered to at least a portion of the rear surface of the second portion. A recessed adhesive zone can be provided on a back of the paperclip tab positioned to face the object when the paperclip tab is coupled to the object.

Paperclip tab

Recessed adhesive binding systems. One system can include a plurality of sheets arranged in a stack, each of the plurality of sheets having a front surface, a rear surface, and an exposed edge. At least one of the front surface and the rear surface of each of the plurality sheets can include at least one recessed adhesive positioned adjacent the exposed edge to form an at least partially exposed recessed adhesive, which can be selectively activated. The rear surface of a first sheet in the plurality of sheets can be positioned adjacent the front surface of a second sheet in the plurality of sheets, or vice versa, and the exposed edges of the plurality of sheets can be staggered, such that the exposed edge of the second sheet extends further outwardly from the stack than the exposed edge of the first sheet in the stack.

Recessed adhesive binding systems

A writing instrument is provided. The instrument has (a) a body having opposing first and second ends, the body comprising a marking element extending from one or both ends, and (b) a sheet dispenser coupled to a first cap that is able to engage the first or the second end of the body portion, the dispenser comprising (i) a base disposed on the first cap; and (ii) a cover removably, e.g., slideably, engageable with the base, wherein the dispenser is disposed axially along a centerline of the writing element.

Writing instrument with sheet dispenser

A dispenser includes an upper member having a slot and a lower member attached to the upper member thereby forming a housing, the lower member having an outer surface; a stack of sheets assembled in a fan-fold configuration disposed in the housing; and a polymeric holding film having a first surface attached to the outer surface of the lower member. The holding film having a flexural modulus less than about 50 MPa, as measured according to ASTMD790 standard, and a roughness parameter, Rof less than about 1 micrometer, as calculated according to ASME B46.1 standard.

Attachment system and dispensers used therewith

A marking device includes at least one writing instrument and a cap. The cap defining a writing instrument receiving portion and a sheet dispensing portion. The writing instrument receiving portion is inseparable from the sheet dispensing portion. A substantially flat stack of sheet material is releasably retained in the dispensing portion.

Marking device

An index card assembly which allows selective adherence of an index card to a mounting surface is disclosed. A base paper layer of the index card has a front side and an opposite back side. The paper layer has an upper edge with a portion of the paper layer removed to define a paperless zone which includes a gap across the upper edge. A cover layer having an outer face and an inner face is adhered by pressure sensitive adhesive disposed on its inner face to the front side of the paper layer. The cover layer is aligned to cover the paperless zone with a top of the cover layer extending across the gap of the paperless zone. The adhesive on the inner face of the cover layer is exposed across the paperless zone on the back side of the paper layer. The thickness of the paper layer prevents the adhesive from contacting a surface abutting the back side of the paper layer in the absence of the application of a threshold level of pressure against the outer face of the cover layer.

Article with selectively activated adhesive

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Woodbury, MN, United States of America

David C Windorski