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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2020
Certainteed Gypsum, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Mithun N. Kamath, Northborough, MA (US);
Nicholas David Orf, Natick, MA (US);
James Dimitrakopoulos, Conshohocken, PA (US);
Michael House, Bend, OR (US);
Michael Lemberger, Dudley, MA (US);
Stephen Cline, Bend, OR (US);
CertainTeed Gypsum, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to building surface joint supports, for example, suitable for covering a seam between two building surface panels, such as drywall. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a joint support including an encapsulated adhesive for securing the joint support to the building surface panels. The joint support includes a support strip having a width, a length, a first end, a second end, a contact surface, and an outer surface. An adhesive is disposed on the contact surface of the support strip. The adhesive includes a first set of capsules and each capsule of the first set of capsules includes a membrane enclosing a first component of an adhesive composition.