United States Patent (19) 11 Patent Number: 4,755,550 Shuman Et Al
United States Patent (19) 11 Patent Number: 4,755,550 Shuman et al. (45) Date of Patent: Jul. 5, 1988 (54 READHERING AND REMOVABLE 56 References Cited ADHESIVE U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 4,644,026 2/1987 Shuman et al. .. ... 524/270 (75) Inventors: Ralph J. Shuman, Needham; Barbara 4,657,960 4/1987 Shuman et al. .. ... 524/270 Burns, Auburn, both of Mass. 4,684,685 8/1987 Shuman et al. ..................... 524/270 73) Assignee: Dennison Manufacturing Company, Primary Examiner-Ronald W. Griffin Framingham, Mass. Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Barry D. Josephs 57 ABSTRACT *) Notice: The portion of the term of this patent Agelled solid adhesive for coating substrates, typically subsequent to Feb. 17, 2004 has been paper. The adhesive can be made available in stick form disclaimed. and is easily applied in even coats to any surface area of the substrate. The adhesive has sufficient tack enabling the coated substrate to instantly adhere to essentially (21) Appl. No.: 29,031 any free contact surface upon gently pressing the sub strate to the free surface. The adhesive coated substrate (22 Filed: Mar. 23, 1987 is easily removable from the contact surface by manu ally lifting it thereform. The adhesive permits readher ence of the adhesive coated substrate to the same or Related U.S. Application Data different free contact surfaces. An adhesive coated 63 Continuation of Ser. No. 900, 112, Aug. 25, 1986, Pat. paper substrate will readhere many times to free paper No. 4,684,685, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. contact surface. The preferred gelled adhesive product No.
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