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US 2020/0015533 A1Published application
Ruching Tape, Tape System, and Methods of Making and Using Same
OwnerMarines Rodriguezinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a ruching tape comprising a flexible elastic ruching strip having a back surface configured to removably adhere to a textile and a non-adhesive front surface, the ruching strip having a length, a width in the range of about 3-30 mm, a thickness in the range of 0.1 to 2 mm, and an elastic extensibility in a direction parallel to the length in the range of about 10 to about 300 percent when manually pulled by a user. Corresponding systems and methods also are disclosed.
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A ruching tape, comprising:
- a flexible elastic ruching strip including a back surface having an adhesive layer formed thereon that is configured to removably adhere to a textile and a non-adhesive front surface, the ruching strip having a length, a width in the range of about 3 mm to about 30 mm, and an elastic extensibility in a direction parallel to the length in the range of about 10 to about 100 percent when manually pulled by a user,
- the adhesive strength of the ruching strip being sufficiently strong to prevent full separation from a textile upon which the ruching strip is manually pressed by the user, and being sufficiently weak to permit manual removal by the user.
A method of ruching a textile, comprising:
- obtaining a segment of a ruching tape comprising a flexible elastic ruching strip having a back surface with an adhesive layer formed thereon that is configured to removably adhere to a textile and a non-adhesive front surface, the ruching strip having a length, a width in the range of about 3-30 mm, a thickness in the range of 0.1 to 2 mm, and an extensibility in a direction parallel to the length in the range of about 10 to about 300 percent when manually pulled by a user,
- stretching the segment of ruching tape,
- placing the back surface of the segment of ruching tape on a textile, and
- releasing the segment of ruching tape, allowing the segment to contract and thereby gather a section of the textile.
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A ruching tape, comprising:
- a flexible elastic ruching strip including a back surface having an adhesive layer formed thereon that is configured to removably adhere to a textile and a non-adhesive front surface, the ruching strip having a length, a width in the range of about 3 mm to about 30 mm, and an elastic extensibility in a direction parallel to the length in the range of about 10 to about 100 percent when manually pulled by a user,
- the adhesive strength of the ruching strip being sufficiently strong to prevent full separation from a textile upon which the ruching strip is manually pressed by the user, and being sufficiently weak to permit manual removal by the user.
- where the adhesive is a pressure sensitive adhesive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.