Patent ID: 7841146

Claim:
A pressure sensitive adhesive tape comprising a reinforcing material having a front and a back side and a covering material having a front and a back side, wherein said front side of the reinforcing material faces the back side of the covering material, at least a portion of the front side of the covering material has a release coating applied thereon and at least a portion of the back side of the reinforcing material has coated thereon a pressure sensitive adhesive, wherein the reinforcing material is a flexible plastic selected from the group consisting of polycarbonate, polyester, polyimide, polysulfone polyether sulfone, polystyrene, polyolefin, polyvinyl alcohol, cellulose acetate, polyvinyl chloride, polyacrylate and polymethyl methacrylate polymer, and the pressure sensitive adhesive tape is effective to achieve a Level 3 or better wall finish according to ASTM C840 without the use of a cementitious adhesive.