Patent ID: 6991838

Claim:
A combination comprising: (a) a package comprising two overlapping plies or two overlapping flaps; and (b) a single double-sided adhesive tape adhered between the two overlapping plies or between the two overlapping flaps in such a way that one side of the double-sided adhesive tape is adhered to a first of the two overlapping plies or a first of the two overlapping flaps and another side of the double-sided adhesive tape is either adhered to or capable of being adhered to a second of the two overlapping plies or to a second of the two overlapping flaps; wherein the double-sided adhesive tape comprises a carrier material which has a line of weakness which is covered on one face thereof with a first adhesive film strip, and on a second face thereof with a second adhesive film strip, at least one of said first or second adhesive film strips being narrower in width than the carrier material, so that a lengthwise portion of at least one face of the carrier material is adhesive-free, the lengthwise portion that is adhesive-free being situated between the two overlapping plies or between the two overlapping flap, said adhesive-free portion is the portion between the line of weakness in the carrier and an edge of the carrier, wherein the lengthwise portion that is adhesive-free is situated next to a portion of one of the two overlapping plies or to a portion of one of the two overlapping flaps, and said portion of the plies or said portion of the flaps is weakened, and wherein the portion of the plies or the portion of the flaps is weakened over a width corresponding to the width of the lengthwise portion that is adhesive-free.