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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1991
Mark E Reeves, Maplewood, MN (US);
Margaret A Hartfel, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Forrest J Rouser, San Rafael, CA (US);
Kenneth L Smith, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A slip control sheeting comprising a backing having first and second major surfaces with an array of protrusions on the first major surface and at least one of (1) a layer of adhesive on the second major surface and (2) a reinforcing web at least partially embedded in the backing. The protrusions are pyramids with triangular bases having a height between about 3 and 21 mils and the array is defined in part by a pattern of three intersecting sets of parallel grooves formed in the first major surface, the grooves defining three major axes of the sheeting.