Wrappable Protective Sleeve With Closure And Locating Feature And Methods Of Construction And Use Thereof

A method of protecting at least a portion of at least one elongate member, comprising:

• providing a flexible textile wall having opposite inner and outer faces bounded by opposite edges and opposite ends with a pair of adhesive layers bonded to the inner face in spaced relation from one another with a single release paper being releasably adhered to the pair of adhesive layers;
• removing the single release paper from the pair of adhesive layers;
• adhering at least one of the adhesive layers to at least one elongate member to be protected;
• wrapping the wall about the portion of the at least one elongate member to be protected;
• and
• adhering at least one of the adhesive layers to at least one of the outer face of the wall or to itself to fix the wall in its wrapped configuration about the portion of the at least one elongate member to be protected.

A method of constructing a wrappable protective sleeve, comprising:

• forming a flexible textile wall having opposite inner and outer faces bounded by opposite edges and opposite ends;
• bonding a pair of adhesive layers to the inner face in spaced relation from one another adjacent the opposite edges;
• and
• bonding a single release paper to the wall via the pair of adhesive layers.