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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2004
Eiji Mizuno, Tokyo, JP;
James L. Bries, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Eiji Mizuno, Tokyo, JP;
James L. Bries, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A stretch releasing adhesive article for mounting on a wall surface includes an elongated stretch releasing adhesive strip having a first major surface with a non-adhesive contact surface adjacent the first end, and a backplate having a first major surface including a protrusion arranged in overlapping relation with the adhesive strip non-adhesive contact surface that serves to concentrate a force applied by a user in the region of the first end of the backplate in the region of the non-adhesive contact surface of the adhesive strip. A method of adhesively mounting an item to, and removing an item from, a wall surface that is susceptible to damage without damaging the surface is also disclosed.