IP Library Granted Patent US 8,053,624
Granted Patent B2
US 8,053,624 · App. 12/759,934 · Granted Nov 8, 2011

Reinforced closure anchor

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Patent No.
US 8,053,624
App. No.
12/759,934
Granted
Nov 8, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A reinforced closure anchor includes a first layer having an adhesive side, an opposite non-adhesive side, and an outer edge. An anchor member layer having a reinforcing structure is disposed on the first layer. The anchor member includes an adhesive side and an opposite non-adhesive side. The anchor member adhesive side is adhered to the first layer non-adhesive side or the first layer adhesive side. The anchor member may be generally centered between ends of the first layer, the anchor member may extend to portions of the outer edge of the first layer, and the anchor member may have a shape that generally corresponds in shape to a middle portion of the first layer.

Claims (18)

1. A reinforced closure anchor comprising:

a first layer having an adhesive side, an opposite non-adhesive side, and an outer edge; and

an anchor member layer having a reinforcing structure, an adhesive side, and an opposite non-adhesive side, said anchor member adhesive side being adhered to said first layer non-adhesive side;

said anchor member being generally centered between ends of said first layer, said anchor member extending to portions of said outer edge of said first layer, and said anchor member having a shape that generally corresponds in shape to a middle portion of said first layer.

2. The reinforced closure anchor of claim 1 , wherein said first layer is a fabric layer.

3. The reinforced closure anchor of claim 2 , including a film layer having an adhesive skin-adhering side and an opposite side adhered to said fabric layer adhesive side.

4. The reinforced closure anchor of claim 1 , wherein said first layer is a film layer.

5. The reinforced closure anchor of claim 1 , including a release liner releasably mounted on the adhesive side of said first layer.

6. The reinforced closure anchor of claim 3 , including a release liner releasably mounted on the adhesive side of said film layer.

7. A reinforced closure anchor comprising:

a first layer having an adhesive side, an opposite non-adhesive side, and an outer edge; and

an anchor member layer having a reinforcing structure, a top side, and an opposite bottom side, said anchor member top side being adhered to said first layer adhesive side;

said anchor member being generally centered between ends of said first layer, said anchor member extending to portions of said outer edge of said first layer, and said anchor member having a shape that generally corresponds in shape to a middle portion of said first layer.

8. The reinforced closure anchor of claim 7 , wherein said first layer is a fabric layer.

9. The reinforced closure anchor of claim 8 , including a film layer having an adhesive skin-adhering side and an opposite side adhered to said fabric layer adhesive side.

10. The reinforced closure anchor of claim 7 , wherein said first layer is a film layer.

11. The reinforced closure anchor of claim 7 , including a release liner releasably mounted on the adhesive side of said first layer.

12. The reinforced closure anchor of claim 10 , including a release liner releasably mounted on the adhesive side of said film layer.

Assignments (7)
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 28, 2026
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 075643/0462 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 20, 2025
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 071672/0100 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2021
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 057927/0091 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2021
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 058040/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 20, 2021
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.
To: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
Reel/Frame 057876/0748 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE NAME CENTURION MEDICAL PRODUCTS COMPANY TO CENTURION MEDICAL PRODUCTS CORPORATION PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 048032 FRAME: 0072. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Sep 28, 2021
From: CENTURION MEDICAL PRODUCTS CORPORATION
To: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 057633/0954 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2019
From: CENTURION MEDICAL PRODUCTS COMPANY
To: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 048032/0072 →