Patent ID: 7187261

Claim:
A magnetic tape comprising: a pair of flexible strips being connected in a face to face relationship with one another at a plurality of spaced-apart connection areas, the connection of the flexible strips forming a unit, the unit defining a pocket positioned between each one of the connection areas, a first part of the unit being separable from a second part of the unit, each one of the connection areas: (a) having a plurality of regions; and (b) being separable along a separation line between the regions, the separation of the regions operable to separate the first part from the second part, the unit having a plurality of magnets, at least one of the magnets being housed within each one of the pockets, the magnets being spaced longitudinally along the unit in one or more rows, each of the magnets having a first side associated with a first polarity and a second side associated with a second polarity, the magnets being oriented such that: (i) the first sides of the magnets are adjacent to one of the flexible strips; and (ii) the second sides of the magnets are adjacent to the other flexible strip, the magnets being operable to provide the unit with a plurality of magnetic regions enabling the first part of the unit to be: (x) magnetically attached to itself after the first part is separated from the second part; or (y) magnetically attached to an object after the first part is separated from the second part.