Patents by Inventor Russel J. Schivley

Russel J. Schivley has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Adhesive masking article for corners and door hinges
    Patent number: 8317957
    Abstract: An adhesive tape masking article that can be used to mask both a door hinge or a corner includes a thin flexible sheet of material having opposed first and second major surfaces, first and second side edges, first and second end edges, and arcuate corners extending between at least one of the first and second side edges and the first and second end edges, and adhesive on at least a portion of at least one of the first and second major surfaces, thereby defining an adhesive surface for adhering the sheet to a surface to be masked. The sheet includes a frangible connection that allows the sheet to be separated into two masking articles, each of which can be used to mask corners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Russel J. Schivley
  • ADHESIVE MASKING ARTICLE FOR CORNERS AND DOOR HINGES
    Publication number: 20110146882
    Abstract: An adhesive tape masking article that can be used to mask both a door hinge or a corner includes a thin flexible sheet of material having opposed first and second major surfaces, first and second side edges, first and second end edges, and arcuate corners extending between at least one of the first and second side edges and the first and second end edges, and adhesive on at least a portion of at least one of the first and second major surfaces, thereby defining an adhesive surface for adhering the sheet to a surface to be masked. The sheet includes a frangible connection that allows the sheet to be separated into two masking articles, each of which can be used to mask corners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventor: Russel J. Schivley
  • Adhesive masking article for corners and door hinges
    Patent number: 7922844
    Abstract: An adhesive tape masking article that can be used to mask both a door hinge or a corner includes a thin flexible sheet of material having opposed first and second major surfaces, first and second side edges, first and second end edges, and arcuate corners extending between at least one of the first and second side edges and the first and second end edges, and adhesive on at least a portion of at least one of the first and second major surfaces, thereby defining an adhesive surface for adhering the sheet to a surface to be masked. The sheet includes a frangible connection that allows the sheet to be separated into two masking articles, each of which can be used to mask corners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Russel J. Schivley
  • ADHESIVE MASKING ARTICLE FOR CORNERS AND DOOR HINGES
    Publication number: 20080149253
    Abstract: An adhesive tape masking article that can be used to mask both a door hinge or a corner includes a thin flexible sheet of material having opposed first and second major surfaces, first and second side edges, first and second end edges, and arcuate corners extending between at least one of the first and second side edges and the first and second end edges, and adhesive on at least a portion of at least one of the first and second major surfaces, thereby defining an adhesive surface for adhering the sheet to a surface to be masked. The sheet includes a frangible connection that allows the sheet to be separated into two masking articles, each of which can be used to mask corners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventor: Russel J. Schivley