Patent ID: 8361615

Claim:
A tape comprising: a tape body of an extensible material having a front surface, a rear surface, a first longitudinal side edge and a second longitudinal side edge; the tape body having a first substrate layer overlying and laminated by an adhesive to a second substrate layer so that the front surface of the tape body is defined by the front surface of the first substrate layer the rear surface of the tape body is defined by the rear surface of the second substrate layer; the tape body having an adhesive on the rear surface for attachment to an object; the front surface of the tape being free from adhesive and having a release characteristic relative to pressure sensitive adhesive such that the pressure sensitive adhesive can be contacted onto the front surface of the tape and pulled away; the tape body having a longitudinally extending filament located between the first and second substrate layers; wherein the filament is located on the tape body at a position thereon spaced from both side edges of the tape body; wherein the filament is arranged at a distance from both side edges which allows bending of the tape while the tape remains flat in a first side to side direction by extension of the tape along the second longitudinal side edge relative to the filament and to the first longitudinal side edge and in a second side to side direction by extension of the tape along the first longitudinal side edge relative to the filament and to the second longitudinal side edge; and wherein the filament and the tape body are arranged such that, with the rear surface of the second substrate layer attached to the object, the filament when pulled tears through the first substrate layer of the tape body along the length of the tape body at its position on the tape body spaced from both side edges so as to leave on one side of the position a first portion of the first substrate layer including the first side edge which remains attached to the second substrate layer and so as to leave on an opposite side of the position a second portion of the first substrate layer including the second side edge which remains attached to the second substrate layer, rather than pulling out from one side edge of the tape body.