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US 2017/0246520 A1Published application
Grip tape
OwnerKeola Panginventor
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Abstract
A grip tape includes: a flexible, elastic substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface; an adhesive layer applied to the bottom surface of the substrate; and a grip layer applied to the top surface of the substrate, the grip layer including a non-slip material having an elastic limit that is at least as great as an elastic limit of the substrate, and the top surface being substantially free of any adhesive material.
Claims20
A grip tape, comprising:
- a flexible, elastic substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface;
- an adhesive layer applied to the bottom surface of the substrate;
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- a grip layer applied to the top surface of the substrate, the grip layer comprising a non-slip material having an elastic limit that is at least as great as an elastic limit of the substrate, and the top surface being substantially free of any adhesive material.
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A grip tape, comprising:
- a flexible, elastic kinesiology tape having a top surface and a bottom surface, the tape configured to stretch only in a single direction and comprising a woven pattern of elastic and non-elastic fibers defining the single direction of stretch;
- an adhesive layer comprising a skin-friendly adhesive material applied to the bottom surface of the tape;
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- a grip layer applied to the top surface of the tape, the grip layer comprising a non-slip material having an elastic limit that is at least as great as an elastic limit of the tape in the single direction of stretch, and the top surface being substantially free of any adhesive material.
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A method of fabricating a grip tape, the method comprising:
- positioning a flexible substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface in a substantially flat condition;
- applying, while the substrate is in the substantially flat condition, an adhesive layer only to the bottom surface of the substrate, such that the top surface of the substrate remains substantially free of any adhesive material;
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- applying, while the substrate is in the substantially flat condition, a grip layer to the top surface of the substrate, the grip layer comprising a non-slip material having an elastic limit that is at least as great as an elastic limit of the substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.