Patent ID: 7867591

Claim:
A roll of housing-construction pressure-sensitive tape for closing, seal, and gluing joints, the tape comprising a backing having a top side and a bottom side, and adhesive coating on at least a portion of the bottom side of the backing, a removable protective film on at least a portion of the adhesive coating, perforations formed at least through the backing at least one lateral edge area on the tape along the length of the tape, the tape having at least one pleated fold in the tape configured so as to provide an expansion reserve which permits width of the tape to be expanded, wherein the pleated fold is spaced from the perforation area in a widthwise direction of the tape, wherein the expansion reserve is adapted to be completely expanded and is also adapted to be partially expanded to bridge a housing-construction joint, wherein the backing, the adhesive coating, and the removable protective film are rolled-up.