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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2015
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Yoshihisa Matsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Kristopher K. Biegler, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ryan M. Luepke, New Brighton, MN (US);
Thomas J. Gilbert, St. Paul, MN (US);
Hiroshi Sakurai, Kanagawa, JP;
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A fixing member including a sheet-like base memberand a surface fastenerprovided on the base memberis disclosed. The surface fastenercovers a surface of the base memberat a position separated from a tip endEof the base memberin a wrap-around direction, and minimum bending stiffness of the fixing memberas determined via a bending test using a Gurley tester being 150 mgf or less when measured using a test piece cut from a portion where the surface fasteneris provided. The surface Son the surface fastenerside of the portionon the tip endEside of the surface fastenerof the base memberis a surface with reduced engagement with the surface fastener