The present invention provides a body-adhesive kinesio tape having adhesive properties preventing the tape from peeling off due to sweat when it is applied in an overlapped manner, and which also has good moisture permeability. In the body-adhesive tape, a base cloth is formed from a stretchable warp thread and a standard weft thread. On one side of the base cloth a plurality of pressure-sensitive adhesive layers are formed separated by appropriate gaps. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layers are formed so that they meander left and right along the length of the tape. At the gaps, the base cloth is exposed so there is permeability. Since the gap meanders, it is longer than the tape, and thus there is more exposure of the weave and more permeability. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layers meander so that the tape can be attached anywhere on the body and can respond to tension due to body movement from any direction. Base cloth is processed for water repellency so that the tapes can be attached in an overlapping manner and no sweat or the like will be absorbed, and the upper tape will not tend to peel off.
Claims
What is claimed is:

1. A body-adhesive kinesio tape comprising:

a water-repellent base cloth formed from a warp thread and a weft thread;

said warp thread including a stretch thread twisted together with a standard fiber;

said weft thread being a non-elastic thread;

a plurality of wavy strip-shaped pressure-sensitive adhesive layers formed on one side of said base cloth;

said adhesive layers arranged in rows separated by prescribed gaps;

said base cloth being exposed in said gaps;

said adhesive layers varying in width at a plurality of locations along said length in a direction transverse to said length of said tape;

said adhesive layers and said gaps covering substantially the whole surface of said tape;

said base cloth having lower permeability at portions on which said pressure-sensitive adhesive layers are formed; and

said base cloth having higher permeability at said prescribed gaps separating said adhesive layers.

2. A body-adhesivekinesio tapeas described in claim 1, wherein said pressure-sensitive adhesive layer includes an acrylic-based synthetic resin.
Conventionally, it has been well known that injuries can result during sports due to excessive force from muscles and the like. For this reason, various types of supporters are used. However, since supporters have fixed shapes, regions that were not covered by the supporters were not adequately protected. Tape-shaped supporters started to be used because of this. For example, in Japanese utility model examined publication number 5-45335, the present inventor disclosed an adhesive stretch supporter.

Two problems were discovered in the use of the adhesive stretch supporter described above. One was that when the supporters were adhered by crossing and overlapping them in an X shape or the like, sweat could soak in and cause the upper kinesio tape of the overlapping tapes to peel off. The other problem was that the mechanical method for opening holes did not achieve acceptable results in terms of providing permeability. Increasing the strength of the adhesive was considered as a way to prevent the upper tape from peeling off. However, increasing the strength of the adhesive can have an effect on the skin. These problems were considered and the present invention was developed with the object of providing a body-adhesive tape that can be adhered in an overlapping manner and that has superior permeability.