Patent ID: 6441092
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: A61L,C08L,C09J,Y10T

Abstract:
A wet-stick pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising:(a) a pressure-sensitive adhesive component comprising: (i) at least one copolymerized monoethylenically unsaturated (meth)acrylic acid ester comprising an alkyl group having at least 4 carbons on average; and (ii) at least one copolymerized monoethylenically unsaturated reinforcing monomer; and (b) a film-forming component comprising: (i) at least about 50 wt-%, based on the total weight of copolymerizable monomers of the film-forming component, of at least one copolymerized monoethylenically unsaturated (meth)acrylic acid ester comprising an alkyl group having less than 4 carbons on average; and (ii) at least one copolymerized hydrophilic acidic monomer; wherein the wet-stick pressure-sensitive adhesive adheres to wet skin.