Patent ID: 8486525
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: C09J,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tape for sealing a joint interface, the tape comprising: a pliable, shape-holding planar wall having a first side, an opposing second side, a first edge, and a distal second edge, the pliable, shape-holding planar wall formed of a continuous sheet of material, having a planar shape, wherein the first edge has a first diameter and the distal second edge has a second diameter wherein the second diameter is greater than the first diameter and the first and second diameters share the same centerpoint, such that the planar wall is maintained in a curved configuration; and a pliable, shape-holding curved wall having a first side, an opposing second side, and an edge, the pliable, shape-holding curved wall formed of a continuous sheet of material, having a shape of a segment of a cylinder; wherein the pliable, shape-holding wall curved wall extends outwardly from the pliable, shape-holding planar wall in a direction away from and opposing the first side of the pliable, shape-holding planar wall; wherein the first edge of the pliable, shape holding planar wall and the edge of the pliable, shape-holding curved wall are coincident, and the first edge of the pliable, shape holding planar wall and the edge of the pliable, shape-holding curved wall meet at an arc; wherein the tape is provided in a curved roll, wherein a cross-section of a single layer of the curved roll forms an “L” shape; and wherein the first side of the pliable, shape-holding planar wall has a first outer adhesive layer and the first side of the shape-holding curved wall has a second outer adhesive layer.