Hyper-strength pressure-sensitive adhesive strapping tape

Claim 1

A HYPER-STRENGTH PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE STRAPPING TAPE WOUND UPON ITSELF IN ROLL FORM AND ADAPTED FOR STRAPPING HEAVY AND BULKY OBJECTS SUCH AS BUNDLES OF STEEL RODS AND HEAVY STRIPPING CARTONS, COMPRISING A THIN FLEXIBLE BACKING SHEET OF THE CLASS CONSISTING OF FILMS AND UNIFIED PAPERS, AN AGGRESIVELY TACKY RUBBER-RESIN TYPE PRESSURESENSITIVE ADHESIVE LAYER BONDED TO THE INNER FACE OF THE BACKING AND HAVING A SMOOTH FLAT OUTER SURFACE, AND A NON-WOVEN MONO-LAYER OF LINEALLY ALIGNED GLASS-FILAMENT YARNS FULLY EMBEDDED IN THE ADHESIVE LAYER, THE YARNS CONSISTING OF LOOSE HAIR-LIKE CONTINUOUS GLASS FILAMENTS WHICH ARE INDIVIDUALLY ENCASED BY THE TACKY ADHESIVE AND WHICH ARE SUFFICIENT IN NUMBER WHEN IN COMBINATION WITH THE ADHESIVE TO IMPART A LENGTHWISE TENSILE STRENGTH TO THE TAPE OF AT LEAST 300 POUNDS PER INCH WIDTH, THE FILAMENTARY ADHESIVE LAYER BEING HIGHLY FLEXIBLE TO PERMIT THE TAPE TO BE FOLDED LENGTHWISE UPON ITSELF AND TIGHTLY CREASED BY FINGER ACTION; THE LENGTHWISE TENSILE STRENGTH AND CROSSWISE TEAR STRENGTH OF THE TAPE BEING MAINLY DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF SAID GLASS FILAMENTS, AND THE CROSSWISE TENSILE STRENGTH AND LENGTHWISE TEAR STRENGTH OF THE TAPE BEING MAINLY DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF SAID BACKING.