Pre-cut strips of kinesiology tape
AssigneeKT Health, LLC
InventorReed Quinn
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Abstract
One example embodiment includes a pre-cut strip of kinesiology tape. The pre-cut strip of kinesiology tape includes a fabric. The fabric includes a weave of fibers, where the fibers include an elastic fiber covered by a covering material. The fabric also includes a first end and a second end, where the second end is opposite the first end. The fabric further includes one or more rounded corners. The pre-cut strip of kinesiology tape also includes a longitudinal cut in the fabric. The longitudinal cut passes through at least a portion of the fabric and extends from the first end to a predetermined distance from the second end. The pre-cut strip of kinesiology tape also includes adhesive on a first surface of the fabric, where the adhesive is configured to adhere the fabric to a human body.
Claims20
A method for manufacturing kinesiology tape, comprising:
- applying an adhesive material to a sheet of backing material;
- attaching the sheet of backing material to a sheet of kinesiology tape with the adhesive material;
- cutting the kinesiology tape to define an array of elongated strips comprising a plurality of series of elongated strips that are physically separated from one another but remain in place relative to one another on the sheet of backing material;
- defining perforations in the sheet of backing material between ends of adjacent strips of each series of elongated strips of the plurality of series of elongated strips, the sheet of backing material holding the adjacent strips in place relative to each other;
- removing cutaway portions of the kinesiology tape from the backing material;
- after removing the cutaway portions of the kinesiology tape, rolling the sheet of backing material and the plurality of series of elongated strips;
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- cutting the sheet of backing material between adjacent series of elongated strips of the plurality of series of elongated strips to form a plurality of rolls of pre-cut strips of kinesiology tape.
A method for manufacturing kinesiology tape, comprising:
- attaching a backing material to kinesiology tape with an adhesive on the backing material or the kinesiology tape;
- cutting the kinesiology tape to define a series of elongated strips that are physically separated from one another but remain in place relative to one another on the backing material;
- defining perforations in the backing material between ends of adjacent strips of the series of elongated strips;
- removing cutaway portions of the kinesiology tape from the backing material;
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- after removing the cutaway portions of the kinesiology tape, rolling the backing material and the series of elongated strips to form at least one roll of pre-cut strips of kinesiology tape.
A method for manufacturing kinesiology tape, comprising:
- adhesively attaching a backing material to kinesiology tape;
- cutting the kinesiology tape on the backing material to define a series of elongated strips from the kinesiology tape without cutting completely through the backing material;
- removing cutaway portions of the kinesiology tape from the backing material;
- defining perforations in the backing material, between ends of adjacent strips of the series of elongated strips;
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- after removing the cutaway portions of the kinesiology tape and defining the perforations, rolling the backing material and the series of elongated strips to form at least one roll of pre-cut strips of kinesiology tape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.