Patent ID: 8759681

Claim:
A wire protective member for at least partly covering a wire from an outer side, comprising: an elongate first base having a length and a width and including opposite first and second surfaces; a first adhesive layer on the first surface of the first base to be bonded to the wire; a plurality of adhesive spacers applied at spaced apart positions on the second surface of the first base so that each of the spacers has at least one adjacent spacer, the spacers being disposed so that intervals between the spacers are aligned in at least one direction parallel to the length or the width of the first base so that continuous linear strips uninterrupted by the adhesive spacers extend in the at least one direction parallel to the length or the width of the first base; a second base formed from a woven or non-woven fabric and secured on the spacers so that the intervals between the spacers also define continuous uninterrupted linear clearances between the first and second bases extending in the at least one direction parallel to the length or the width; perforation arrays formed through the first and second bases so that all of the perforation arrays in the first base align with the perforation arrays in the second base and so that each of the perforation arrays registers with at least a corresponding one of the aligned intervals between the spacers to define linear areas where the protective member can be cut, the perforations in the second base defining visual indications of where the protective member can be cut.