Patents Examined by Patricia L. Nordmeyer
  • Patent number: 11622592
    Abstract: An eye protector includes a lens configured to protect the wearer from projectiles, and an optically clear stack attached to the lens. The stack can have one or more removable layers. The eye protector also includes an optically clear dry mount adhesive layer attaching the stack to the lens. The dry mount adhesive may be self-wetting to attach the stack to the lens so that air between the stack and the lens can be removed after the stack is attached and/or adhered to the lens, for example, by applying pressure across the surface of the stack. The refractive indices of the lens, the dry mount adhesive, and each removable layer are matched to within about 0.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Racing Optics, Inc.
    Inventor: Bart E. Wilson
  • Patent number: 11625072
    Abstract: A shield that is attachable to a touch sensitive screen is disclosed. The shield may be attached to the touch sensitive screen only at its outer peripheral portion. An air gap is enclosed between the shield and the touch sensitive screen to form a planar air bearing. The shield preferably does not touch the active area of the touch sensitive screen when the user is not touching the shield but only viewing the touch sensitive screen through the shield. This mitigates unwanted optical artifacts such as trapped air bubbles, Newton rings and chromatic interference while maintaining the sensitivity of the touch sensitive screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Racing Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen S. Wilson, Bart Wilson, Seth Wilson
  • Patent number: 11613676
    Abstract: An adhesive tape includes: a substrate made of a fluorine resin; and a silicone-based adhesive agent layer disposed on one surface of the substrate. The adhesive tape has a thickness of 50 ?m or more. An adhesive strength of an adhesive surface to the other surface of the substrate after a friction test is 4.0 N/19 mm or more. The friction test is performed according to a test method for coefficient of friction specified in JIS K7125: 1999, and performed in a state where: a contact surface, of a sliding piece used in the test method, brought into contact with a surface to be tested is covered with a single fiber cloth (cotton, for friction) specified in JIS L0803: 2011; the other surface of the substrate is defined as the surface to be tested; and the number of times of reciprocation is set to 10 times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Takamura, Yoshinari Takayama
  • Patent number: 11613678
    Abstract: A release liner which makes it difficult for an adhesive layer to impair slidability and makes it easy to exhibit an adhesive force suitably, a method of producing a release liner, an adhesive sheet, and a method of producing an adhesive sheet. A release liner has a surface provided with a ridge portion extending linearly, and on the surface, a plurality of recesses having different depths are randomly formed in a surface direction and are continuously connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: LINTEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takuma Okubo, Kenji Ohata, Akihito Yamada
  • Patent number: 11608240
    Abstract: An assembly is disclosed. The assembly has an adhesive layer, a protective film layer that is fused to a first side of the adhesive layer along a first length, and a cover layer that is fused to a second side of the adhesive layer along a second length. The first length is longer than the second length. The adhesive layer is wound in a roll. The second side of the adhesive layer faces outwardly from a center of the roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: GLOBAL FILM SOURCE LLC
    Inventor: Johannes Blok
  • Patent number: 11605313
    Abstract: A label sheet assembly is disclosed for improving the process of feeding label sheets through a printer. The label sheet includes a facestock layer and a liner sheet. The facestock layer includes an adhesive layer along a first side and include a label surface along a second side opposite the adhesive layer. The label sheet may include a puncture surface feature along a matrix portion of the facestock layer, wherein the puncture surface feature may include a plurality of puncture holes formed in a shape wherein each puncture hole that forms a slightly concave shape along one side and a slightly convex shape along the opposite side. The puncture surface features provides a zone of tactile sensitivity along the label sheet and are configured to reduce off-registration of printed indicia along the at least one label when processed through a printer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: CCL Label, Inc.
    Inventors: Laura Shurtliffe, Angelo Capobianco
  • Patent number: 11594156
    Abstract: Provided are a foldable back plate, a method of manufacturing the same and a foldable display device comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Song, Hyon Gyu Park, Hyun Cheol Kim
  • Patent number: 11584869
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed related to sealant tape. The sealant tape can include a cured product of a sealant composition including a curable liquid that includes a polysulfide, a polythioether, a copolymer thereof, or a combination thereof. The sealant composition also includes a curing agent for curing the curable liquid. Various embodiments provide cured products of the sealant composition, sealant tapes including the cured product, and sealant tapes including any suitable material with an adhesive pattern thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Larry S. Hebert, Michael D. Swan
  • Patent number: 11577489
    Abstract: A label sticker includes a release layer strip, an attachment layer strip and a label layer strip. The attachment layer strip is made of an artificial dressing material and its lower surface is coated with or adhered to a first glue layer. The lower surface of the attachment layer strip is attached to the upper surface of the release layer strip through the first glue layer. The label layer strip is made of a waterproof material and its lower surface is coated with or adhered to a second glue layer. The lower surface of the label layer strip is attached to the upper surface of the attachment layer strip through the second glue layer. The label sticker, to be adhered to the human skin to serve identification purposes, can be manufactured by mass production but is unlikely to be wetted and smeared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: MEGA PRECISION PRINTING CO., LTD
    Inventor: Chih-Hung Wang
  • Patent number: 11572492
    Abstract: Modified adhesive layers are prepared by contacting an adhesive layer to a modified microstructured release liner. The modified release liner has a release layer surface with a set of microstructured depressions and a discontinuous pattern of ink material located on the surface of the release layer. A portion of the discontinuous pattern of ink material overlaps with and is located within some of the depressions. The ink material comprises a non-adhesive but adhesively transferrable material, or an adhesive material. Upon removal of the adhesive from the release liner, the ink material transfers to the adhesive surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Kui Chen-Ho, Patrick J. Yeshe, Matthew S. Stay, Matthew R. D. Smith, Anish Kurian, Ross E. Behling
  • Patent number: 11568764
    Abstract: Techniques regarding a reclosure label are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a reclosure label that includes a flap portion connected to a label base. Further, the flap portion can comprise a rigid material layer. Additionally, the reclosure label can comprise a flexible material layer that is integral with the flap portion and the label base and forms a hinge portion that enables the flap portion to pivot with respect to the label base. Moreover, the rigid material layer can be absent from the hinge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Lux Global Label Company, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph D Franko, Jr., Zach Witwer, Neil Sellars, Jason Doern
  • Patent number: 11557229
    Abstract: The invention relates to an activatable adhesive label comprising a flexible web-shaped viewing material. At least one adhesive layer made of a moisture-activatable adhesive that is not adhesive in the dry state is applied onto one side of the flexible viewing material, wherein at least one central layer is provided which is designed to be adhesive and which is arranged between the viewing material and the adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Herma GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Gablowski, Ulli Naegele
  • Patent number: 11549037
    Abstract: A self-adhering roofing membrane may include a polymeric membrane. The roofing membrane may include a first adhesive layer disposed on a major surface of the polymeric membrane. The first adhesive layer may include one or both of a hot melt adhesive and a butyl rubber-based adhesive. The roofing membrane may include a UV curable adhesive layer disposed on the first adhesive layer. The UV curable adhesive layer may have a thickness of less than about 4 mils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Jordan Kortmeyer, Diego Pedrazzoli, Daniel Blasini, Bradley Crume
  • Patent number: 11551583
    Abstract: An illustrative apparatus includes a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein the first substrate includes a first plurality of adhering regions and a first plurality of print faces defined between perforated folds and the second substrate includes a second plurality of adhering regions and a second plurality of print faces defined between cut folds, and wherein the perforated folds and the cut folds are collinear. The second substrate may releasably adhere to the first substrate via the second plurality of adhering regions and the first plurality of adhering regions, respectively. Each of the second plurality of adhering regions may be individually released from each of the first plurality of adhering regions and separated along the cut folds to yield a first set of labels and each of the first plurality of adhering regions may be individually separated along the perforated folds to yield a second set of labels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: NASTAR INC.
    Inventors: Gary H. Weiner, John Short
  • Patent number: 11542714
    Abstract: A flooring assembly (10) comprising at least one vertically lapped fibrous material layer (14), at least one pressure sensitive adhesive layer (12a) including a flexible substrate (12b), a mesh (12c) and an adhesive (12d) located along the flexible substrate, and at least one moisture impermeable membrane layer (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Zephyros, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Shugg, John Simmons, Brian Perkins, Tim Perkins
  • Patent number: 11512228
    Abstract: An adhesive-backed film with an adhesive layer having thermoplastic or thermoset filaments partially projecting therefrom, to promote fluid egress and repositionability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: James P. Endle, Frank T. Sher, Patrick J. Yeshe
  • Patent number: 11505720
    Abstract: The invention relates to a film comprising an optionally multilayer carrier layer; wherein one surface side of the carrier layer has been modified over part of its area either by surface activation or by printing with a print medium, such that the surface side has modified regions and unmodified regions; wherein the modified regions and the unmodified regions are coated over part or all of the area by a release material; and wherein the strength of adhesion of the release material to the carrier layer in the modified regions is different compared to the adhesion of the release material to the carrier layer in the unmodified regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: LOPAREX GERMANY GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Jürgen Panhans
  • Patent number: 11505721
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a stretchable adhesive film comprising a substrate layer comprising an elastomer; and a first adhesive layer provided on one surface of the substrate layer, wherein the stretchable adhesive film satisfies Equation 1, and a display device comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Han Sol Yoo, Hyun Cheol Kim
  • Patent number: 11492517
    Abstract: Provided are a foldable back plate film and a method of manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Song, Hyon Gyu Park, Hyun Cheol Kim
  • Patent number: 11493854
    Abstract: A printing sheet is formed of a base material film, a toner fixing layer formed on one principal surface of the base material film, a planarization layer formed on the other principal surface of the base material film, an adhesive layer formed on the surface of the planarization layer, and a peeling film stuck on the surface of the adhesive layer. The base material film has a laminated structure composed of a white foamed PET film layer on the toner fixing layer side and a transparent non-foamed PET film layer on the adhesive layer side, and the strength of the printing sheet is improved by the combined use of the non-foamed PET film. The planarization layer is formed of a colored ink layer, e.g. white ink layer, and increases the bonding area of the adhesive layer with the base material film side, thereby achieving smooth peeling from an adherend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: SHAKOU SHOUKAI CO., LTD., NALOT CO.. LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshizo Watanabe, Mitsuo Yamashita