Patent ID: 8764024

Claim:
A precompressed sealing tape for sealing a joint, the sealing tape comprising: an elastically re-expandable foam strip extending farther in a longitudinal direction than in a transverse direction, the foam strip comprising two lateral surfaces and first and second transverse surfaces connecting the lateral surfaces; and a foil-type wrapping, which is a continuous layer of a same material and which completely encases the foam strip and thus holds it in a precompressed state; wherein the second transverse surface of the foam strip is pressed against a strip-like element of stiff material, which is arranged inside the wrapping and comprises at least a certain resistance to bending in the transverse direction; wherein a double-sided adhesive tape connects the foam strip directly to the strip-like element; wherein the strip-like element is adhesively connected directly to the foil-type wrapping; and wherein the sealing tape comprises a sandwich configuration in which the strip-like element is arranged directly between the foam strip and the foil-type wrapping while adjoining both the foam strip and the foil-type wrapping and being fixedly attached to both the foam strip and the foil-type wrapping.