ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,660, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Connecting sheet and garment sticking article" was invented by Nobuharu Arai (Sagamihara, Japan) and Marina Kawazoe (Sagamihara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a connecting sheet that can reduce noise generated when peeled from an object. A connecting sheet is a connecting sheet stacked on the object to be connected to the object, and includes: a sheet substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface; a first adhesive layer formed on the first main surface of the sheet substrate; and a plurality of hook components ...