Patent ID: 8545653

Claim:
A method for joining two webs, said method comprising: (a) providing an adhesive tape, wherein the adhesive tape comprises a carrier layer and a self-adhesive compound adhered to at least one side of the carrier layer, and the self-adhesive compound adhered to said at least one side of the carrier layer comprises at least two distinct regions of self-adhesive compound separated from each other by a gap having a spacing (V), and (b) adhering a first end of a first of the two webs to a first of said at least two distinct regions and adhering a second end of a second of the two webs to a second of said at least two distinct regions, wherein the first end of the first of the two webs and the second end of the second of the two webs are adhered such that said first end extends past said first of said at least two distinct regions to cover a portion of the gap and said second of said at least two distinct regions also extends past said second of said at least two distinct regions to cover at least a portion of the gap.