IP Library Granted Patent US 7,841,146
Granted Patent B2
US 7,841,146 · App. 11/651,435 · Granted Nov 30, 2010

Product and method for concealing joints

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Patent No.
US 7,841,146
App. No.
11/651,435
Granted
Nov 30, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

Materials and methods are provided to quickly and conveniently conceal drywall seams, corner joints and nail and screw holes or other imperfections in drywall material.

Claims (20)

1. A pressure sensitive adhesive tape comprising a reinforcing material having a front and a back side and a covering material having a front and a back side, wherein said front side of the reinforcing material faces the back side of the covering material, at least a portion of the front side of the covering material has a release coating applied thereon and at least a portion of the back side of the reinforcing material has coated thereon a pressure sensitive adhesive, wherein the reinforcing material is a flexible plastic selected from the group consisting of polycarbonate, polyester, polyimide, polysulfone polyether sulfone, polystyrene, polyolefin, polyvinyl alcohol, cellulose acetate, polyvinyl chloride, polyacrylate and polymethyl methacrylate polymer, and the pressure sensitive adhesive tape is effective to achieve a Level 3 or better wall finish according to ASTM C840 without the use of a cementitious adhesive.

2. The tape of claim 1 wherein the reinforcing material is tapered laterally to a thin edge.

3. The tape of claim 2 wherein the covering material is paper.

4. The tape of claim 3 wherein the covering material is glassine.

5. The tape of claim 4 wherein the tape is substantially transparent.

6. The tape of claim 1 wherein the reinforcing material has a groove located in the center of the tape.

7. A method of concealing a dry wall joint comprising positioning the tape of claim 1 over a formed joint such that the pressure sensitive tape present on the reinforcing material of said tape faces the joint, and applying pressure to cause the tape to adhere to the dry wall, wherein said tape adheres to the dry wall without the use of, and without being imbedded in, a layer of a cementitious adhesive, and wherein the reinforcing material is a flexible plastic.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the formed joint is a corner joint.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the corner joint is an inside corner.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the corner joint is an outside corner.

11. The method of claim 7 wherein said tape conceals the joint to at least a level 3 equivalent finish.

12. The method of claim 7 wherein the tape comprises a paper covering material.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the covering material is glassine.

14. A simulated monolithic wall prepared by the process comprising

erecting wall board panels in edge abutting relationship whereby a joint is formed there between,

positioning the tape of claim 1 over a formed joint such that the pressure sensitive tape present on the reinforcing material of said tape faces the joint, wherein the covering material is glassine

applying pressure to cause the tape to adhere to the dry wall, wherein said tape adheres to the dry without the use of, and without being imbedded in, a layer of a cementitious adhesive,

disposing over the adhered tape at least one layer of an aqueous cementitious adhesive and

applying a wall covering finish.

15. The wall of claim 14 wherein the tape is substantially transparent.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 3, 2008
From: HENKEL KGAA
To: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
Reel/Frame 022309/0718 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2008
From: NATIONAL STARCH AND CHEMICAL INVESTMENT HOLDING CORPORATION; INDOPCO, INC.
To: HENKEL KGAA
Reel/Frame 021912/0634 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2007
From: COLUCCI, MICHAEL C.; NOWICKI, JAMES W.
To: NATIONAL STARCH AND CHEMICAL INVESTMENT HOLDING CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019070/0453 →