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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1997
James J Kobe, Newport, MN (US);
Maurice E Freeman, Maplewood, MN (US);
Bradley D Zinke, Woodbury, MN (US);
Shih-Lai Lu, Woodbury, MN (US);
Jason A Chesley, Hudson, WI (US);
Eric V Malmberg, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert G Shaw, Venlo-Blerick, NL;
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A multi-cycle refastenable contact responsive non-tacky fastener system and method of use with a field of a contact responsive fastening layer having essentially no surface tack. The fastening layer is multiply releasable and refastenable against a non-tacky target surface, and has substantially constant 90.degree. peel strength of less than about 5 kN/m when in contact with the target surface. A mounting layer comprises a field of a pressure sensitive adhesive onto which the field of the contact responsive layer is directly attached.