Flat interlocking wrap for complex shapes
US11718459B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 2, 2020 |
| Grant date | Aug 8, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 2, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62K21/26
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An interlocking wrap for covering an outer surface of an object provides desirable qualities to complex tube shapes using a flat piece of material. The wrap may cover tubes, handles, rods, or hoops, in their many examples. Existing adhesive technologies applied to the back of the material, combined with the formation of the material into a series of three or more offset tabs that interlock when folded together in the prescribed alternating order at their meeting points, creates a cover that is pleasing to the eye, protective, and durable to frictional use. The tabs overlap one over the next in similar fashion to a zipper or a braid, only leaving the bottom tab exposed to use.
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