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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2007
James M. Campbell, Austin, TX (US);
Nga K. Nguyen, Austin, TX (US);
William L. Taylor, Round Rock, TX (US);
Carl J. Wentzel, Austin, TX (US);
James M. Campbell, Austin, TX (US);
Nga K. Nguyen, Austin, TX (US);
William L. Taylor, Round Rock, TX (US);
Carl J. Wentzel, Austin, TX (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An article of manufacture includes a protective core having at least two end portions, a plurality of support cores, and at least one cold shrinkable material held in an expanded state over at least a portion of the protective core and at least a portion of each support core. One end of each support core interconnected with a corresponding end portion of the protective core. The support cores, the protective core, and the cold shrinkable material are collectively configured to circumferentially surround an apparatus such that the cold shrinkable material compresses over a portion of the apparatus in response to removal of one of the plurality of support cores from the corresponding end portion of the protective core.