Patents by Inventor Sydney B. Hames

Sydney B. Hames 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).

  • Pressure-sensitive adhesive coated sheets and tape pad with easily separable tabs
    Patent number: 4837062
    Abstract: A single, flexible, pressure-sensitive adhesive coated sheet having one or more co-terminal, V-fold liner tabs attached to portions of the adhesive coated surface; and tape pads formed from a plurality of such sheets. In this invention one leg of a V-shaped tab is adhered to the adhesive coated surface of the sheet. An unattached leg of the tab forms a handle which is easily grasped to facilitate manual separation of the tab from the sheet when it is adhered to a receptor surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Wayne K. Dunshee, Sydney B. Hames