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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:
Sep. 04, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Theodore Loew, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
The Standard Products Company, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428 31 ; 428136 ; 428138 ; 428343 ; 52716 ; 293128 ;
Abstract
An automotive trim strip for application to the side of a motor vehicle having an expanded pressure sensitive tape on the rear surface thereof to effect adhesion of the trim strip to the motor vehicle. The pressure sensitive tape is provided with laterally spaced, longitudinally extending slits which are laterally expanded to widen the lateral dimension of the tape to reduce the cost and weight thereof and to provide longitudinally extending apertures therein which accommodate undulations in the mounting surface thereby to facilitate bonding of the trim strip to the motor vehicle.