Reinforced multi-ply stay tape

Claim 1

MULTI-PLY STAY TAPE COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO SUPERPOSED STRIPS OF FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIAL, THE MARGINAL PORTIONS OF THE SURFACES THEREOF WHICH FACE EACH OTHER BEING SECURED TOGETHER BY LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING BANDS OF ADHESIVE, THE MID-PORTIONS OF THE SURFACE THEREOF WHICH FACE EACH OTHER AND ARE LOCATED BETWEEN SAID BANDS BEING FREE OF ADHESIVE AND FREE DIRECTLY TO CONTACT EACH OTHER, THE SURFACE OF ONE OF SAID STRIPS WHICH IS ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO AN OBJECT WHEN THE TAPE IS IN USE, BEING COVERED WITH AN ACTIVATABLE ADHESIVE AND SAID LATTER SURFACE HAVING ADHESIVELY SECURED THERETO ALONG ITS MID-PORTIONS AT LEAST ONE LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING REINFORCING STRAND FORMED OF A MULTITUDE OF FINE FILAMENTS SECURED BY ADHESIVE TO EACH OTHER AGAINST FRAYING, SAID STRAND BEING OF SUCH LIMITED CROSS-SECTION AND THE ADHESIVE-FREE PORTIONS WITHIN THE TAPE PROVIDING A CUSHIONING ZONE FOR THE STRAND SUCH THAT THE TAPE MAY BE WOUND INTO A ROLL WITH A MULTITUDE OF CONVOLUTIONS WHICH LIE IN FIRM RELATIONSHIP THROUGHOUT THEIR WIDTH AND WITH SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME DIAMETERS AT THEIR MARGINAL PORTIONS AS AT THEIR MID-PORTIONS.