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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:
Jun. 23, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Victor E Althouse, Los Altos, CA (US);
Christopher E Brodie, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Vichem Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
206714 ; 206460 ; 206813 ;
Abstract
A carrier tape for electronic or electrical devices which contains a support film containing pockets and, within each of the pockets, a fastening layer having a fixed portion which is attached to the floor of the pocket and a release portion which is composed of a flexible polymeric film, preferably a soft elastomer film, and which can be deformed away from the floor without detaching the fixed portion from the floor. The devices are placed on the release portions of the fastening member.