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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
May. 17, 2012
Applicants:
Joseph T. Bartusiak, Osseo, MN (US);
Ramesh C. Kumar, Woodbury, MN (US);
Inventors:
Joseph T. Bartusiak, Osseo, MN (US);
Ramesh C. Kumar, Woodbury, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 7/12 (2006.01); C09J 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09J 7/0271 (2013.01); C09J 7/025 (2013.01); C09J 2201/20 (2013.01); C09J 2203/31 (2013.01); C09J 2407/00 (2013.01); C09J 2423/006 (2013.01); C09J 2423/046 (2013.01); C09J 2433/005 (2013.01); C09J 2483/005 (2013.01); Y10T 428/14 (2015.01); Y10T 428/15 (2015.01);
Abstract
A hand-tearable masking tape, comprising a plastic backing with a low adhesion backsize on the first major side of the backing and a pressure-sensitive adhesive on the second major side of the backing; wherein the second major side of the backing comprises a microstructured hand-tear pattern and wherein the low adhesion backsize comprises the reaction product of a mercapto-functional silicone macromer.