Abstract: A protective shield includes a rigid base layer, and a flexible outer cushioning layer formed from a flexible film material laminated to an outer surface of the base layer. The outer cushioning layer includes two or more layers of flexible film laminated together via an intermediary adhesive. The protective shield also has a mounting adhesive layer applied on the lower surface of the shield. The mounting adhesive allows the shield to be removably mounted to a display surface, such as a touch screen surface for an electronic device. When the shield is properly mounted to the display surface, the outer layer formed from flexible film material faces away from the display surface. The flexible cushioning layer on the outer surface of the shield allows the shield to protect the display surface such that the display surface can withstand higher levels of impacts without breaking or shattering.

Abstract: A web of bonding labels includes a face stock and a release liner. A top side adhesive layer extends on top of a top surface of the face stock and a top side release liner extends over the top side adhesive layer, wherein the top side release liner includes at least one aperture of exposing a corresponding portion of the underlying top side adhesive layer. The face stock has a second adhesive layer on a bottom surface of the face stock. The release liner has a second release layer on a top surface of the release liner arranged to protect the second adhesive layer on the bottom surface of the face stock and a third release layer on a bottom surface of the release liner. The face stock is separated into a succession of bonding labels carried on the release liner such that each bonding label includes a portion of the top side release liner having at least one aperture exposing a corresponding portion of the underlying top side adhesive layer.

Abstract: A multilayer tape assembly is described which can be used with insulation jacketing and particularly for self sealing lap (SSL) applications. The tape assembly includes two adhesive layers with associated carrier and release layers in conjunction with a differential release system. Various methods of use are also described.

Abstract: A label sheet assembly and method is disclosed for improving the process of feeding label sheets through a printer. The label sheet assembly may include a facestock layer and a liner sheet. The facestock layer may include an adhesive layer along at least a portion of a first side and include a label surface along at least a portion of the second side opposite the adhesive layer. The liner sheet layer may include at least one surface feature provided along a back side of the liner sheet. In another embodiment, the facestock layer may include at least one surface feature provided along the front of the facestock layer. The surface features may create a zone of increased friction or increase tactile sensitivity along the various surfaces of the label sheet assembly to improve printer processing.

Abstract: Multi-layer protective sheets of the invention are both rigid enough to provide desired protective properties, but flexible enough to be formable into a desired non-planar shape in order to protect surfaces such as optical display surfaces of electronic devices. Once formed into the desired non-planar shape, a modified interlayer of the multi-layer protective sheet has a shear storage modulus of greater than about 100 MPa.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for a mobile device screen protector system. The system includes a screen protector configured to attach to the screen of the mobile device. The system includes a back film removably attached to the screen protector. The system includes a front film having a screen protector portion and an anchor portion extending away from the screen protector portion and configured to be removably attached to at least one of an edge and a back side of the mobile device via an adhesive.

Abstract: A packaging unit for hygiene articles and a method for producing the same. The packaging unit is formed from a sheet of material having an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface has an edge zone. The sheet has at least one folding axis and the folding axis divides the sheet into a first region and a second region. The sheet may be folded along the folding axes with the first and second regions in an overlapping configuration, and at least a part of the edge zone is provided with microencapsulated adhesive.

Abstract: A gap finishing tape for use with drywall applications includes a trim strip body extending along a central body axis, a hot melt adhesive extending along the central body axis, and a backing paper. The trim strip body includes a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, a first side, and a second side opposite the first side, and is at least partially constructed from a metallic material. The backing paper is at least partially secured to the second surface of the trim strip body. The trim strip body is at least partially embedded in the hot melt adhesive.

Abstract: The present invention relates to techniques for lowering friction between moving surfaces of, for example, an internal combustion engine. Friction reduction is achieved by adding texture modifications to surfaces that come in contact with each other. Texture modifications that reduce friction in accordance with the present invention include dimples of varying geometries and depths ion the surfaces of components. The present invention also relates to the fabrication technique for applying the texture to the surfaces. In another embodiment, the patterned soft mask is applied onto a large surface (flat or curved including cylindrical rollers surfaces) to be followed by electrochemical etching to imprint the textures onto the component And, in another embodiment, a diamond-like-carbon (DLC) film may be applied to the turbine component to also reduce friction.

Abstract: Provides a four-layer structure screen protective film and a manufacturing process thereof, comprising films arranged in sequence, from bottom up: bottom layer release film, single-sided silica gel segmented composite release film, single-sided silica gel hardened practical film, and top layer protective film; composite release film has break lines arranged along length direction, which segment composite release film into pieces; low-viscosity silica gel layer is fixedly arranged on lower surface, whose lower surface is bonded to upper surface of bottom layer release film; lower surface of single-sided silica gel hardened practical film has silica gel layer fixedly arranged, whose lower surface is bonded to composite release film. Being able to move on screen repeatedly during film-adjusting process, avoiding large area of silica gel exposing after whole face of release film is peeled off, thus avoiding from sucking dusts or cilia in air.

Abstract: A method is presented for producing an optically transmissive layered structure for use as a display protector for electronic devices. The method comprises printing an ink pattern on a base layer, where said base layer is substantially optically transparent, and the base layer and ink are configured so that the ink reflects light with high incidence angle and transmits light with low incidence angle, when in use, thus displaying the pattern in the absence of light with high intensity and low incidence angle, the pattern becoming substantially undetectable otherwise.

Abstract: A method, a food container, a lid, and pad for a food container that actively removes moisture in the food container without changing the food temperature inside the container in a meaningful way are disclosed herein. The removal of moisture is achieved by introducing a cold spot (below the dew point temperature) inside the food container that forces condensation of moisture near the cold spot. The condensed moisture is then captured by an absorbent element placed below, and preferably adjacent to/collocated with, the cold spot and between the cold spot and the stored food. The cold spot is preferably achieved by a properly chosen frozen substance such as an ice cube or a frozen gel packet or ice trapped inside an absorbent pad.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a repair device useful in the repair of surfaces, particularly in a healthcare environment. An exemplary form of the present comprises a repair patch, a pre-mask and release liner; the repair patch interposed between the pre-mask and release liner; the removable adhesive interposed between the pre-mask and repair patch; and the permanent adhesive interposed between the repair patch and the release liner; wherein the adhesion value of the removable adhesive is lower than that of the permanent adhesive.

Abstract: A tape closure system is shown and described herein. The tape closure system includes a first tape component having a pressure sensitive adhesive and a second tape component having a pressure sensitive adhesive, where at least one of the pressure sensitive adhesives has a modified surface to reduce the tack of the surface such that when the first and second pressure adhesives are brought into contact with one another they may sufficiently adhere to one another to form a seal but are still separable from one another and able to be repeatedly opened and sealed.

Abstract: A garment worn by a wearer has an impact absorbing material comprising arrays of various hexagonal or other deformable polygonal-shaped structures positioned between an exterior surface and an interior surface. When force is applied to the exterior surface, the structures of the impact absorbing materials deform (e.g., buckle) in a desired manner, reducing the force received by the interior surface.

Abstract: An article 10 is provided with an adhesive layer 14 that includes an adhesive, a release layer 12 that is stacked on the adhesive layer 14, and an air layer 16 that is interposed between the adhesive layer 14 and the release layer 12. On a surface 12a of the release layer 12 that opposes the adhesive layer 14, microprotrusions 20 that contact the adhesive layer 14 with tips 20a are provided. The microprotrusions 20 are provided with a wall-shaped portion 22 having a shape that at least partially surrounds the air layer 16 between the adhesive layer 14 and the release layer 12. The wall-shaped portion 22 protects a main portion 14a of the adhesive layer 14 that is adjacent to the air layer 16 from contamination. By selecting a shape, dimensions, and the like of the micro protrusions 20, a release force of the release layer 12 can be adjusted to a desired range.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present disclosure may be a wrapping material for formed bales of materials, including at least one layer of a flexible plastic material film web divided into portions by a plurality of spaced lines of perforations, the web including a first surface and an opposite second surface, each portion having a first adhesive substrate adhered to the first surface of each portion adjacent to each line of perforation, each first adhesive substrate including a first adhesive surface adhered to the first surface of each portion and a second adhesive surface facing outwardly opposite the first adhesive surface, each portion having a second adhesive substrate adhered to the first surface of each portion, each second adhesive substrate including a first adhesive surface adhered to the first surface of each portion and a second adhesive surface facing outwardly opposite the first adhesive surface, and a first release liner overlying the second adhesive surface of the first adhesive substrate and a seco

Abstract: Provided is a laminate sheet in which a first sheet, a PSA layer and a second sheet are laminated in this order. Of the first and second sheets, at least one is a release liner having a release face on the side facing the PSA layer. The PSA layer has a thickness of 200 ?m or greater. The first sheet has a tensile modulus of 1000 MPa or greater and the second sheet has a tensile modulus of 500 MPa or less.

Abstract: Various opacifying adhesive compositions are described. The adhesives exhibit relatively high levels of opacity in wet conditions while maintaining acceptable adhesive properties. Also described are label assemblies and labeled containers using such adhesives. Related methods of use and preparation are also described.

Abstract: Polymeric multilayer film comprising at least two adjacent layers each exhibiting a random network of strands and connective regions. The polymeric multilayer films are useful, for example, for tape and graphic articles.