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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2005
Adriana Paiva, Woodbury, MN (US);
Albert I. Everaerts, Oakdale, MN (US);
Jeffrey D. Malmer, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
Mark F. Ellis, St. Paul, MN (US);
Duane D. Fansler, Dresser, WI (US);
Kelly J. Gibbens, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Adriana Paiva, Woodbury, MN (US);
Albert I. Everaerts, Oakdale, MN (US);
Jeffrey D. Malmer, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
Mark F. Ellis, St. Paul, MN (US);
Duane D. Fansler, Dresser, WI (US);
Kelly J. Gibbens, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A protective floor film adhesive composition includes an acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive having an inherent viscosity in a range of 0.3 dl/g or greater, a cross-linker, and a plasticizer compatible with the acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive. The adhesive composition has a glass transition temperature of −10 degrees Celsius or less, and the adhesive composition has an initial 180 degree peel adhesion test value of 5 oz/in or greater and builds to a final 180 degree peel adhesion test value of 40 oz/in or less, and a haze test value of 10% or less. Protective floor film articles and methods of protecting flooring are also described.