Patent ID: 8728602
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: C09J,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An adhesive system, comprising: a first non-curable solid adhesion structure that requires an applied preload force orthogonal to a surface to achieve adhesion to the surface; and a second non-curable solid adhesion structure for applying the preload force to the first adhesion structure, the second adhesion structure being separate from but joined to the first adhesion structure such that both adhesion structures are jointly adherable to the surface upon application of the preload force, the first and second adhesion structures being structurally different from one another and functionally complementary to one another such that, when the adhesive system is adhered to the surface, each of the adhesion structures overcomes an adhesion limitation exhibited by the other adhesion structure, the second adhesion structure requiring at least a periodic application of energy, force, or vacuum in order to adhere to the surface.