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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2014
Applicant:
United States Gypsum Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Guy Rosenthal, Wheaton, IL (US);
Assignee:
UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04F 13/04 (2006.01); B32B 37/14 (2006.01); E04F 21/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04F 13/042 (2013.01); B32B 37/14 (2013.01); E04F 21/1657 (2013.01); Y10T 156/10 (2015.01); Y10T 442/30 (2015.04);
Abstract
A joint tape for drywall includes a substrate layer having an elongate shape in a lengthwise direction and being flexible in the lengthwise direction and in a transverse direction. The tape further includes a covering layer disposed in bonding relation on the substrate layer. The covering layer is rigid in the transverse direction and configured to withstand compressive forces applied generally in the transverse direction and shear stresses applied generally along the transverse direction.