Patent ID: 6756100
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: C09J,G09F,Y10T

Abstract:
A W-stacked pad of adhesive tape strips comprising a plurality of superimposed tape strips wherein:a. the tape strips include: b. a substrate having first and second opposite major surfaces, first and second opposite longitudinal ends, a first longitudinal end portion adjacent the first end and a second longitudinal end portion adjacent the second end; and c. a layer of an adhesive on the second major surface of the substrate; d. sequential tape strips are longitudinally reversed so as to align the first end of each tape strip with the second end of an immediately overlaying and an immediately underlying tape strip; e. the adhesive layer of each tape strip is releasably adhered to an adjacent tape strip such that the first major surface of an intermediate tape strip is adjacent the second major surface of an immediately overlying tape strip and the second major surface of the intermediate tape strip is adjacent the first major surface of an immediately underlying tape strip; f. the second end portion of each tape strip is adhered to the first end portion of an immediately overlying tape strip at a first adhesion level, with (i) the first adhesion level having an adhesive level, and (ii) the first adhesion level having an adhesive strength effective for affording a complete release of the overlying tape strip from the intermediate tape strip after the second end portion of the intermediate tape strip is released from the first end portion of the immediately underlying tape strip and before the intermediate tape strip is completely peeled from the second end portion of the immediately underlying tape strip; and g. the first end portion of each tape strip is adhered to the second end portion of an immediately overlying tape strip at a second adhesion level, the second adhesion level being less than the first adhesion level and adapted such that as the overlying tape strip is dispensed from the pad at a high peel angle, the second adhesion level between the first end portion of the underlying tape strip and the second end portion of the intermediate strip prevents the intermediate tape strip from releasing from the first end portion of the underlying tape strip and allows the second end portion of the intermediate tape strip to release from the first end portion of the underlying tape strip when the overlying tape strip is dispensed from the pad at a low peel angle.