Scotch Tape is used to describe certain pressure sensitive tapes manufactured by 3M as part of the company's Scotch brand. Pressure sensitive tape, PSA tape, Adhesive tape, Self stick tape, Sticky tape consists of a Pressure sensitive adhesive coated 3M Company ( formerly Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company until 2002 is an American multinational conglomerate corporation with a worldwide

The precursor to the current tapes was developed in the 1930s in Minneapolis, Minnesota by Richard Drew to seal a then-new transparent material known as cellophane^[1]. Richard Gurley Drew ( June 22, 1899 – December 14, 1980) was an American inventor who worked for 3M in St Cellophane is a thin transparent sheet made of regenerated Cellulose. Although it is a trademarked brand name, it is sometimes used in the US and elsewhere as a generic term for transparent adhesive tape. A trademark or trade mark, represented by the symbols ™ and ®, or mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A genericized trademark (also known as a generic trademark or proprietary eponym) is a Trademark or Brand name that has become the colloquial The Scotch brand includes many different constructions of tape.

Use of the term "Scotch" in the name has a pejorative origin. Words and phrases are pejorative if they imply disapproval or contempt To cut costs 3M applied the adhesive only to the edges of the tape. A remark was made by a St. Paul automobile detailer that the stingy Scotch bosses needed to put more adhesive on it, and the name has stuck ever since^[2]. Scotty McTape, a kilt-wearing cartoon boy, was the brand's mascot for two decades, first appearing in 1944. The kilt is a knee-length garment with pleats at the rear originating in the traditional dress of men and boys in the Scottish Highlands of the 16th century The word cartoon has various meanings based on several very different forms of Visual art and Illustration. The term mascot – defined as a term for any person animal or object thought to bring Luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common ^[3]The familiar plaid design, a take on the Wallace tartan, was introduced in 1945. Tartan is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours The Clan Wallace or the Wallace Family originated in the Strathclyde area of the Scottish Lowlands. ^[3]

The Scotch brand and Scotch Tape are registered trademarks of 3M.

3M branded audio tape (cat. no. 996)

Besides using "Scotch" as a prefix in its brand names (Scotchgard and Scotchlite), the company also used the name "Scotch" for its (mainly professional) audiovisual magnetic tape products^[4], until the early 1990s when the tapes were branded solely with the 3M logo. Scotchgard is a 3M brand of products used to protect fabric, Furniture, and Carpets Like other fluorochemicals Scotchgard is mostly Inert Scotchlite is a material made by the 3M company that is made of millions of glass beads affixed to the surface In 1996 3M exited the magnetic tape business, selling its assets to Quantegy (which is a spin-off of Ampex). Quantegy Recording Solutions is a manufacturer of Magnetic tape based in Opelika Alabama. Ampex ( is an American electronics company founded in 1944 by Alexander M

See also

• Magic Tape
• Sellotape

References

1. ^ http://www.3m.com/brands/scotch/anniversary/images/ScotchHistoryFinal.pdf
2. ^ http://www.3m.com/brands/scotch/anniversary/images/FunFacts.pdf
3. ^ ^{a b} Scotch 75th Anniversary - The Tale of the Tape - Mad about Plaid
4. ^ http://www.aes.org/aeshc/docs/3mtape/soundtalk/soundtalkbull12.pdf

External links

• The History of Cellophane Tape and the Scotch Brand
• Scotch 75th Anniversary — pages with history information and old commercials featuring Scotty McTape
• www.scotch-tape.co.uk — the official website for the UK
• www.scotchtape.com — the official website for the USA