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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2014
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Neelakandan Chandrasekaran, Woodbury, MN (US);
Robert L. W. Smithson, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
Timothy V. Stagg, Hudson, WI (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MI (US);
Abstract
A fastening tape, mechanical fastener, methods of making them, and personal hygiene articles including them are disclosed. The fastening tape includes a tape backing having a fastening portion, an adhesive disposed on the fastening portion, and a release surface for the adhesive. The release surface is a either a release tape attached along one of its edges to the tape backing or a release coating disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the tape backing. At least one of the tape backing or the release surface comprises a microporous film having an opaque, microporous region and at least one see-through region of lower porosity within the opaque, microporous region. The mechanical fastener includes such a microporous film and mechanical fastening elements on at least one surface. The at least one see-through region extends through the thickness of the microporous film.