Patent ID: 8168280
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: A47L,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tape defining opposing first and second side edges, a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end opposite the first longitudinal end, the tape formed into a roll having a plurality of wraps arranged to define an upweb direction from the first longitudinal end to the second longitudinal end, the second longitudinal end located at an interior of the roll, the tape comprising: a backing having a first side and a second side; an adhesive on the first side of the backing; a plurality of separation lines separating the tape into discrete sheets including an outermost sheet and a second sheet immediately upweb of the outermost sheet and separated from the outermost sheet by a first separation line of the plurality of separation lines, the first separation line defining a trailing edge of the outermost sheet and a leading edge of the second sheet; a plurality of low adhesion zones on the first side of the backing, each separation line extending within an associated low adhesion zone, and each of the plurality of low adhesion zones encompassing at least 90% of a width of the tape between the opposing side edges, wherein the low adhesion zone has a lower adhesion than the adhesive; wherein when formed as a roll, each separation line and associated low adhesion zone is offset from an immediately next upweb low adhesion zone associated with an immediately next upweb separation line, wherein the outermost sheet is wound onto itself and a leading edge of the outermost sheet being offset from a leading edge of the second sheet, the low adhesion zone associated with the leading edge of the outermost sheet overlaps the low adhesion zone associated with the first separation line and is circumferentially offset from the low adhesion zone associated with the first separation line, the overlapping low adhesion zone removably secured to the adhesive on the underlying outermost sheet.