US 12,007,517 B2
Signal tape
Ryan C. Dunn, Charlottesville, VA (US); Bryan D. Wright, Charlottesville, VA (US); Robert A. Ross, Charlottesville, VA (US); Joshua M. Parman, Palmyra, VA (US); Donald A. Tubbs, Charlottesville, VA (US); and Paul A. Bell, Cantonville, MD (US)
Appl. No. 16/331,525
Filed by EAS IP, LLC, Charlottesville, VA (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 7, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/050405
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 24, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/048986, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 15, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/385,246, filed on Sep. 8, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/470,185, filed on Mar. 10, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0003931 A1, Jan. 2, 2020
Int. Cl. C09J 7/22 (2018.01); F16L 1/11 (2006.01); G01V 15/00 (2006.01); G09F 19/22 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01)
CPC G01V 15/00 (2013.01) [C09J 7/22 (2018.01); F16L 1/11 (2013.01); G09F 19/22 (2013.01); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An elongated signal tape comprising:
protective material comprising;
a top sheet of thermoplastic material having a first predetermined length, a top and a bottom surface, a side edge at each lateral portion of said top sheet, a first predetermined width; and,
a bottom sheet of thermoplastic material having a second predetermined length, a top surface and a bottom surface, a side edge at each lateral portion of said bottom sheet, and a second predetermined width with said first and said second predetermined lengths being substantially equal and with said first and second predetermined widths being substantially equal;
a generally non-stretchable core material positioned between said top and bottom thermoplastic sheets, said core material having;
a predetermined length,
an outer surface,
a maximum lateral dimension of substantially one inch [or substantially 2.54 cm],
a tensile strength of at least 100 lbf [or at least 445 N]; and,
with said top sheet of thermoplastic material and said bottom sheet of thermoplastic material being laminated together at least at the side edges of said top and bottom thermoplastic sheets and with at least one of said top or bottom sheet of thermoplastic material being laminated to a substantial portion of said outer surface of said core material.