Patent ID: 7193002

Claim:
An adherent gel comprising (a.) 100 parts by weight of one or more hydrogenated linear, radial, star-shaped, branched or multiarm copolymer(s) having one or more viscosities selected from poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene), poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene) n , poly(styrene-ethylene-propylene-styrene), poly(styrene-ethylene-propylene) n , poly(styrene-ethylene-propylene/styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene), poly(styrene-ethylene-propylene/styrene-ethylene-propylene-styrene), poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene/styrene-ethylene, propylene-styrene), poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene/styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene), poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene/ethylene-butylene), or poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene/ethylene-propylene), wherein n is greater than one; (b.) of at least about 250 parts by weight of one or more plasticizer(s) selected from paraffinic oils, naphthenic oils, liquids of polybutene, polypropene, and polyterpene, (c.) in combination with a minor amount of one or more selected adhesion resin(s); and (d.) with or without minor amounts of one or more polymer(s) or copolymer(s) selected from poly(styrene-butadiene-styrene), poly(styrene butadiene)n, poly(styrene-isoprene-styrene) n , poly(styrene-isoprene) n , poly(styrene-ethylene-propylene), low viscosity poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene styrene), poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene), polystyrene, polybutylene, poly(ethylene-propylene), poly(ethylene-butylene), polypropylene, or polyethylene, wherein said minor amounts of copolymer(s) being a linear, radial, star-shaped, branched or multiarm copolymer(s), wherein n is greater than one.