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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 1980
Filed:
May. 12, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Roger H Keith, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
52591 ; 228 50 ; 404 41 ; 52604 ;
Abstract
Welding backup comprising a flexible backing to which is adhered a train of rigid, heat-resistant tiles having knuckle joints wherein a protuberance of one tile fits into an indentation in the mating tile so that the train of tiles is conformable to both convex and concave surfaces without stretching or kinking the backing.