Pre-cut strips of kinesiology tape
AssigneeKT Health, LLC
InventorReed Quinn
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Abstract
A pre-cut strip of kinesiology tape comprises 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 strip of tape comprising:
- a fabric comprising a weave of fibers providing for elasticity along a length of the strip of tape and inelasticity across a width of the strip of tape;
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- an adhesive on a first surface of the fabric and defining a plurality of waves, each wave of the plurality of waves extending along the length of the strip of tape and comprising a wave pattern with modified peaks relative to a baseline sine wave, the modified peaks including sharper peaks than peaks of the baseline sine wave.
A set of pre-cut strips of tape, each pre-cut strip of the set comprising:
- a fabric including a weave of fibers, including elastic fibers extending along a length of the pre-cut strip and inelastic fibers extending across a width of the pre-cut strip;
- an adhesive on a surface of the fabric so as to define a plurality of waves, each wave of the plurality of waves extending along the length of the strip of tape and comprising a wave pattern with modified peaks relative to a baseline sine wave, the modified peaks including sharper peaks than peaks of the baseline sine wave;
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- a backing covering the adhesive.
A roll of pre-cut strips of kinesiology tape, comprising:
- a plurality of pre-cut strips, each pre-cut strip of the plurality of pre-cut strips comprising:
- a fabric including a weave of fibers, including elastic fibers extending along a length of the pre-cut strip and inelastic fibers extending across a width of the pre-cut strip;
- an adhesive on a surface of the fabric so as to define a plurality of waves;
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- a backing covering the adhesive
- adjacent pre-cut strips of the plurality of pre-cut strips being arranged end-to-end on the backing and being separate from each other, with the backing exposed between adjacent ends of the adjacent pre-cut strips.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.