A male touch fastener product has an array of discrete fastening elements extending from a resin base. The elements are formed by molding stems and then deforming at least a rim of a distal end of each head to form an overhanging mushroom-type fastener element. Some are deformed against a hard surface to form flat fastener elements, and others are deformed against a compliant surface and form umbrella-shaped fastener elements. The fastener element heads feature particular structural relationships that enhance their performance, particularly with low-lying fibers.
Mold-in fastener products are made by forming a longitudinally continuous hook tape having a flexible base and an array of discrete male touch fastener elements extending from an upper surface of the base, forming a layer of flexible barrier material on the upper surface of the base, such that the male touch fastener elements are embedded in the layer of flexible barrier material, severing the flexible barrier material to form a pattern of patches of flexible barrier material spaced apart and surrounded by a continuous lattice of barrier material, stripping the lattice from the upper surface of the base to expose regions of the base between patches, and severing the hook tape along the exposed regions of the base to form individual mold-in fastener products, each having a patch of flexible barrier material surrounded by an exposed base edge region carrying male touch fastener elements.
A touch fastener element (14) has a stem (16) rising from a resin sheet (12), and a head (18) disposed at an upper end of the stem and spaced from the resin sheet. The head has two arms (20) that extend in opposite directions to distal ends (22), the arms having respective lower surfaces (24) that overhang the resin sheet. The fastener element has two opposite side surfaces (26) that form contiguous surfaces of the stem and both arms. The lower surface of each arm defines at least one recess (28) extending away from the resin sheet and disposed between lower arm surface portions that face the resin sheet, such that the recess of each arm is spaced from both the stem and the distal end of the arm.
A touch fastener element has a stem rising from a resin sheet, and a head disposed at an upper end of the stem and spaced from the resin sheet. The head has two arms that extend in opposite directions to distal ends, the arms having respective lower surfaces that overhang the resin sheet. The fastener element has two opposite side surfaces that form contiguous surfaces of the stem and both arms. The lower surface of each arm defines at least one recess extending away from the resin sheet and disposed between lower arm surface portions that face the resin sheet, such that the recess of each arm is spaced from both the stem and the distal end of the arm.
A male touch fastener product has an array of discrete fastening elements extending from a resin base. The elements are formed by molding stems and then deforming at least a rim of a distal end of each head to form an overhanging mushroom-type fastener element. Some are deformed against a hard surface to form flat fastener elements, and others are deformed against a compliant surface and form umbrella-shaped fastener elements. The fastener element heads feature particular structural relationships that enhance their performance, particularly with low-lying fibers.
A male touch fastener product has an array of discrete fastening elements extending from a resin base. The elements are formed by molding stems and then deforming at least a rim of a distal end of each head to form an overhanging mushroom-type fastener element. Some are deformed against a hard surface to form flat fastener elements, and others are deformed against a compliant surface and form umbrella-shaped fastener elements. The fastener element heads feature particular structural relationships that enhance their performance, particularly with low-lying fibers.
A molding apparatus includes a movable molding surface with molding cavities, a pressure shoe with a stationary outer surface that defines in cooperation with the molding surface a pressure zone, and a resin source configured to introduce molten resin into the pressure zone to be forced into the molding cavities by pressure in the pressure zone. The molding surface is movable with respect to the pressure shoe to introduce molding cavities to the pressure zone to be filled with resin while the outer surface of the pressure shoe and the molding surface define in between an entrance gap of decreasing width upstream of the pressure zone. The outer surface of the pressure shoe is spaced from the molding surface in the pressure zone to define a minimum gap at which the outer surface of the pressure shoe has a slope parallel to the molding surface. The pressure shoe is adapted to be held in a flexed condition against resin in the pressure zone while forcing resin into the cavities, with the outer surface of the pressure shoe curved upstream of the pressure zone.
B29C 43/28 - Compression moulding, i.e. applying external pressure to flow the moulding materialApparatus therefor of articles of indefinite length incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. compression moulding around inserts or for coating articles
B29K 23/00 - Use of polyalkenes as moulding material
B29K 77/00 - Use of polyamides, e.g. polyesteramides, as moulding material
An elongated fastening strap (10) of touch fastener material (18) has a head (14) with a grommet (36) defining a slot (34) through which the other end of the strap is received. Selective interference at the ends of the slot with the width (W) of the strap alter the resistance to motion within the slot. The grommet provides a smooth surface within the slot.
An elongated fastening strap of touch fastener material has a head with a grommet defining a slot through which the other end of the strap is received. Selective interference at the ends of the slot with the width of the strap alter the resistance to motion within the slot. The grommet provides a smooth surface within the slot.
A male touch fastener product with a resin surface and an array of spaced-apart male touch fastener elements carried on the surface. Each touch fastener element has a stem extending from the surface and a head disposed at a distal end of the stem and extending laterally from the stem to a distal edge overhanging the surface. The head, stem and surface form a contiguous mass of resin, the head. The distal edge has multiple toes extending laterally outward and varying in shape and size about the edge, with adjacent toes having facing, free-form resin surfaces defining crevices therebetween. The fastener element is particularly flexible and engages with very fine fibers.
A male touch fastener product has an array of discrete fastening elements extending from a resin base. The elements are formed by molding stems and then deforming at least a rim of a distal end of each head to form an overhanging mushroom-type fastener element. Some are deformed against a hard surface to form flat fastener elements, and others are deformed against a compliant surface and form umbrella-shaped fastener elements. The fastener element heads feature particular structural relationships that enhance their performance, particularly with low-lying fibers.
CC) in a vertical plane coincident with one of the side surfaces of the stem. As measured perpendicular to the layer of resin, the centroid (C) of the area is closer to the lowermost point of the area than to the uppermost point of the area.
A fastener in the form of a flexible strip with a layer of resin having opposite longitudinal edges, and an array of discrete fastening elements carried on a surface of the flexible strip. Each fastening element has a resin stem extending upward from, and contiguous with, the layer of resin, the stem having opposite lateral side surfaces facing the edges of the flexible strip, and a wing protruding from one of the lateral side surfaces of the stem and spaced above the layer of resin. The wing defines an area in a vertical plane coincident with one of the side surfaces of the stem. As measured perpendicular to the layer of resin, the centroid of the area is closer to the lowermost point of the area than to the uppermost point of the area.
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Woven, molded or extruded synthetic material having a surface of hooks; woven synthetic material having a surface of loops. Fasteners comprised of material having a surface of hooks mated with material having a surface of loops.
A male touch fastener product with a resin surface and an array of spaced-apart male touch fastener elements carried on the surface. Each touch fastener element has a stem extending from the surface and a head disposed at a distal end of the stem and extending laterally from the stem to a distal edge overhanging the surface. The head, stem and surface form a contiguous mass of resin, the head. The distal edge has multiple toes extending laterally outward and varying in shape and size about the edge, with adjacent toes having facing, free-form resin surfaces defining crevices therebetween. The fastener element is particularly flexible and engages with very fine fibers.
A male touch fastener product has an array of discrete fastening elements extending from a resin base. The elements are formed by molding stems and then deforming at least a rim of a distal end of each head to form an overhanging mushroom-type fastener element. Some are deformed against a hard surface to form flat fastener elements, and others are deformed against a compliant surface and form umbrella-shaped fastener elements. The fastener element heads feature particular structural relationships that enhance their performance, particularly with low-lying fibers.
A sheet-form fastener product has a flexible substrate such as a lightweight non-woven fabric and a resin layer covering only part of one side of the flexible substrate and leaving a region of the flexible substrate exposed. The resin layer carries multiple touch fastener elements each having a resin stem extending integrally from the layer away from the flexible substrate to an engageable head. A flexible ferromagnetic coating is bonded to the flexible substrate and extends under both the resin layer and the exposed region of the flexible substrate. The resin layer can be arranged as spaced-apart lanes or islands of resin and the coating can be arranged as spaced lanes or islands or otherwise leaving at least a portion of the substrate exposed.
A sheet-form fastener product (10) has a flexible substrate (12) such as a lightweight non-woven fabric and a resin layer (14) covering only part of one side (16) of the flexible substrate and leaving a region (18) of the flexible substrate exposed. The resin layer (14) carries multiple touch fastener elements (22) each having a resin stem (28) extending integrally from the layer (14) away from the flexible substrate (12) to an engageable head (30). A flexible ferromagnetic coating (24) is bonded to the flexible substrate (12) and extends under both the resin layer (14) and the exposed region (18) of the flexible substrate (12). The resin layer can be arranged as spaced-apart lanes or islands of resin and the coating can be arranged as spaced lanes or islands or otherwise leaving at least a portion of the substrate exposed.
A44B 18/00 - Fasteners of the touch-and-close typeMaking such fasteners
B32B 3/06 - Layered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar shapeLayered products comprising a layer having particular features of form characterised by features of form at particular places, e.g. in edge regions for securing layers togetherLayered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar shapeLayered products comprising a layer having particular features of form characterised by features of form at particular places, e.g. in edge regions for attaching the product to another member, e.g. to a support
B29C 33/16 - Moulds or coresDetails thereof or accessories therefor with incorporated means for positioning inserts, e.g. labels against the mould wall using magnetic means
F16B 1/00 - Devices for securing together, or preventing relative movement between, constructional elements or machine parts
A method of making a loop fastener product features knitting, such as by circular knitting, a pile yarn and one or more ground yarns to form a stretchable knit fabric having loops of the pile yarn extending from a knit ground, with the ground yarns including polymers of differing melt temperatures. The knit fabric is then held in a desired state while the fabric is set by first applying sufficient heat to cause the lower melt temperature resin to flow into interstices of the fabric ground, and then allowing the fabric to cool. The cooled fabric ground is less stretchable in two orthogonal directions after setting than before setting, has a greater air permeability after setting than before setting, and has hook-engageable pile loops extending from bound interstices.
A picking container liner sleeve in the form of a sheet or tube of resin is placed inside a produce picking container and held in place by releasably engaging cooperative touch fasteners on the rim of the picking container and the upper end of the liner sleeve. The liner sleeve is sized to line the container in use to inhibit contact between picked produce and an interior surface of the produce picking container with the lower end of the produce picking container in a closed position, but to allow picked produce to fall through the lower end of the produce picking container with the lower end of the produce picking container in an open position.
A picking container liner sleeve (34) in the form of a sheet or tube of resin is placed inside a produce picking container (10) and held in place by releasably engaging cooperative touch fasteners on the rim (18) of the picking container and the upper end (36) of the liner sleeve. The liner sleeve is sized to line the container in use to inhibit contact between picked produce and an interior surface of the produce picking container with the lower end (14) of the produce picking container in a closed position, but to allow picked produce to fall through the lower end of the produce picking container with the lower end of the produce picking container in an open position.
A flexible support sleeve (10,56,66) includes a knit fabric sheet (26) with loops (42) of fibers on a fastening face (28), a strip (30) of resin overlaying a portion of the fastening face along one edge, with a strip of adhesive (48) disposed along the same edge on an opposite side. The strip of resin includes male touch fastener elements (34) configured to engage the loops of the knit fabric sheet. The strip of resin has a selvedge (44) coterminous with the edge of the flexible support sleeve and void of male touch fastener elements, such that the selvedge of the base is not engageable with the loops of the knit fabric sheet. The strip of adhesive is wider than the strip of resin, such that the adhesive strip underlays all of the discrete male touch fastener elements of the strip of resin.
A44B 18/00 - Fasteners of the touch-and-close typeMaking such fasteners
B65D 63/10 - Non-metallic straps, tapes, or bandsFilamentary elements, e.g. strings, threads or wiresJoints between ends thereof
F16L 3/14 - Hangers in the form of bands or chains
F16L 3/233 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets specially adapted for supporting a number of parallel pipes at intervals for a bundle of pipes or a plurality of pipes placed side by side in contact with each other by means of a flexible band
H02G 3/30 - Installations of cables or lines on walls, floors or ceilings
F16B 2/08 - Clamps, i.e. with gripping action effected by positive means other than the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening external, i.e. with contracting action using bands
A47B 97/00 - Furniture or accessories for furniture, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
A flexible support sleeve includes a knit fabric sheet with loops of fibers on a fastening face, a strip of resin overlaying a portion of the fastening face along one edge, with a strip of adhesive disposed along the same edge on an opposite side. The strip of resin includes male touch fastener elements configured to engage the loops of the knit fabric sheet. The strip of resin has a selvedge coterminous with the edge of the flexible support sleeve and void of male touch fastener elements, such that the selvedge of the base is not engageable with the loops of the knit fabric sheet. The strip of adhesive is wider than the strip of resin, such that the adhesive strip underlays all of the discrete male touch fastener elements of the strip of resin.
H02G 3/04 - Protective tubing or conduits, e.g. cable ladders or cable troughs
D04B 1/22 - Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machinesFabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration
D04B 21/20 - Warp knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machinesFabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting articles of particular configuration
D04B 1/16 - Other fabrics or articles characterised primarily by the use of particular thread materials synthetic threads
D04B 21/16 - Fabrics characterised by the incorporation by knitting, in one or more thread, fleece, or fabric layers, of reinforcing, binding, or decorative threadsFabrics incorporating small auxiliary elements, e.g. for decorative purposes incorporating synthetic threads
D06N 3/00 - Artificial leather, oilcloth, or like material obtained by covering fibrous webs with macromolecular material, e.g. resins, rubber or derivatives thereof
H02G 3/06 - Joints for connecting lengths of protective tubing to each other or to casings, e.g. to distribution boxEnsuring electrical continuity in the joint
A molded seat cushion (22) is adapted for receiving a seat cover (10) by providing an adhesive (28) on either or both of a flexible fastener sheet (32) and a selected area (16) of a molded foam cushion surface, positioning the fastener sheet (32) to cover the selected area (16), and allowing the adhesive to set to permanently bond the fastener sheet over the selected area of the cushion surface. The selected area (16) features a three-dimensional contour that the fastener sheet follows as bonded. A related flexible fastener product has a non-woven textile sheet (38) and a resin layer (34) secured to the textile sheet and carrying an array of discrete male touch fastener elements (36). The resin layer includes parallel strips (44) of resin, each resin strip carrying respective touch fastener elements, with each pair of strips separated by an exposed lane (46) of the textile sheet.
A molded seat cushion is adapted for receiving a seat cover by providing an adhesive on either or both of a flexible fastener sheet and a selected area of a molded foam cushion surface, positioning the flexible fastener sheet to cover the selected area, and allowing the adhesive to set to permanently bond the flexible fastener sheet over the selected area of the molded foam cushion surface. The selected area features a three-dimensional contour that the flexible fastener sheet follows as bonded. A related flexible fastener product has a non-woven textile sheet and a resin layer secured to the textile sheet and carrying an array of discrete male touch fastener elements. The resin layer includes multiple parallel strips of resin, each resin strip carrying respective touch fastener elements, with each pair of adjacent strips separated by an exposed lane of the non-woven textile sheet.
Mold-in fastener products are made by forming a longitudinally continuous hook tape having a flexible base and an array of discrete male touch fastener elements extending from an upper surface of the base, forming a layer of flexible barrier material on the upper surface of the base, such that the male touch fastener elements are embedded in the layer of flexible barrier material, severing the flexible barrier material to form a pattern of patches of flexible barrier material spaced apart and surrounded by a continuous lattice of barrier material, stripping the lattice from the upper surface of the base to expose regions of the base between patches, and severing the hook tape along the exposed regions of the base to form individual mold-in fastener products, each having a patch of flexible barrier material surrounded by an exposed base edge region carrying male touch fastener elements.
Mold-in fastener products (30) are made by forming a longitudinally continuous hook tape (10) having a flexible base (12) and male touch fastener elements (14) extending from an upper surface (16) of the base, forming a layer of flexible barrier material (22) on the upper surface of the base, such that the fastener elements are embedded in the layer of barrier material, severing the barrier material (22) to form a pattern of patches (24) of barrier material spaced apart and surrounded by a continuous lattice (26) of barrier material, stripping the lattice from the surface (16) of the base to expose regions (32) of the base between patches, and severing the hook tape along the exposed regions (32) of the base to form individual mold-in fastener products (30), each having a patch (24) of barrier material surrounded by an exposed base edge region (32) carrying touch fastener elements (14).
A mold in fastener product includes a flexible substrate, such as a resin film or textile sheet, and a resin layer covering only part of one side of the flexible substrate and leaving a region of the one side of the flexible substrate exposed, the resin layer carrying multiple touch fastener elements each having a resin stem extending integrally from the layer away from the flexible substrate to an engageable head. A flexible ferromagnetic strip is bonded to the flexible substrate and at least partially bounds a bounded portion of the flexible substrate containing at least some of the touch fastener elements and at least a part of the exposed region. The product is preferably wide, such as to cover a wide concave region of a foam seat cushion.
A male touch fastener product with a resin surface and an array of spaced-apart male touch fastener elements carried on the surface. Each touch fastener element has a stem extending from the surface and a head disposed at a distal end of the stem and extending laterally from the stem to a distal edge overhanging the surface. The head, stem and surface form a contiguous mass of resin, the head. The distal edge has multiple toes extending laterally outward and varying in shape and size about the edge, with adjacent toes having facing, free-form resin surfaces defining crevices therebetween. The fastener element is particularly flexible and engages with very fine fibers.
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Fasteners, straps and ties, namely, separable fasteners in
the nature of snap fasteners and press fasteners; separable
fasteners, namely, hook and loop-type fasteners and
components thereof; hook and loop fastening tape.
Fabrics and textiles and substitutes therefor, namely,
woven, molded, non-woven or extruded synthetic material
having a surface of hooks and woven synthetic material
having a surface of loops.
A mold in fastener product includes a flexible substrate, such as a resin film or textile sheet, and a resin layer covering only part of one side of the flexible substrate and leaving a region of the one side of the flexible substrate exposed, the resin layer carrying multiple touch fastener elements each having a resin stem extending integrally from the layer away from the flexible substrate to an engageable head. A flexible ferromagnetic strip is bonded to the flexible substrate and at least partially bounds a bounded portion of the flexible substrate containing at least some of the touch fastener elements and at least a part of the exposed region. The product is preferably wide, such as to cover a wide concave region of a foam seat cushion.
A mold in fastener product includes a flexible substrate (20), such as a resin film or textile sheet, and a resin layer (22) covering only part of one side of the flexible substrate and leaving a region of the one side of the flexible substrate exposed, the resin layer carrying multiple touch fastener elements (24) each having a resin stem (26) extending integrally from the layer away from the flexible substrate to an engageable head (28). A flexible ferromagnetic strip (36) is bonded to the flexible substrate and at least partially bounds a bounded portion of the flexible substrate containing at least some of the touch fastener elements and at least a part of the exposed region. The product is preferably wide, such as to cover a wide concave region of a foam seat cushion.
A self-engaging fastener has a flexible base sheet and an array of discrete fastener elements projecting from a broad side of the base sheet. Each fastener element has a stem extending from the base sheet and a head at a distal end of the stem, the head overhanging the base sheet on multiple sides of the stem. The heads of the discrete fastener elements are arranged in a pattern of hexagonal groupings of fastener element heads bordering central regions void of fastener element heads, with each fastener element head spaced from edges of the array being part of three adjacent groupings. The product features a particularly high separation resistance for the area of the product covered by the heads.
A molding apparatus includes a movable molding surface with molding cavities, a pressure shoe with a stationary outer surface that defines in cooperation with the molding surface a pressure zone, and a resin source configured to introduce molten resin into the pressure zone to be forced into the molding cavities by pressure in the pressure zone. The molding surface is movable with respect to the pressure shoe to introduce molding cavities to the pressure zone to be filled with resin while the outer surface of the pressure shoe and the molding surface define in between an entrance gap of decreasing width upstream of the pressure zone. The outer surface of the pressure shoe is spaced from the molding surface in the pressure zone to define a minimum gap at which the outer surface of the pressure shoe has a slope parallel to the molding surface. The pressure shoe is adapted to be held in a flexed condition against resin in the pressure zone while forcing resin into the cavities, with the outer surface of the pressure shoe curved upstream of the pressure zone.
B29C 43/28 - Compression moulding, i.e. applying external pressure to flow the moulding materialApparatus therefor of articles of indefinite length incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. compression moulding around inserts or for coating articles
B29K 23/00 - Use of polyalkenes as moulding material
B29K 77/00 - Use of polyamides, e.g. polyesteramides, as moulding material
A mechanical touch fastener assembly (10, 101) including two longitudinally continuous tapes (16), (18) carrying engaged fastener patches (12, 12a), (14, 14a,14b, 14c). The first tape (16) carrying a series of first fastener patches (12, 12a) arranged in a row along a length of the tape (16) and carrying a field of touch fastening features. Each first patch longitudinally spaced from adjacent first patches (12, 12a). The second tape (18) carrying a series of second fastener patches (14, 14a, 14b, 14c) carrying a second field of touch fastening features. The first (16) and second (18) FIG. 1 tapes including a release liner (22), (24). The first (16) and second (18) tapes wound together to form a roll (60), with each of the first fastener patches (12, 12a) releasably engaged to a respective one of the second fastener patches (14, 14a, 14b, 14c) by inter-engagement of the first and second touch fastening features. As wound to form the roll (60), one patch of an engaged pair (25) has a leading edge (52, 52b, 52c) disposed behind a leading (50) edge of another patch of the engaged pair (25).
A44B 18/00 - Fasteners of the touch-and-close typeMaking such fasteners
B65B 51/04 - Applying separate sealing or securing members, e.g. clips
B65D 77/12 - Container closures formed after filling by collapsing and flattening the mouth portion of the container and securing without folding, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, heat-sealing, welding or applying separate securing members
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Plastic substances, semi-processed; molded and extruded
plastic for use in the manufacture of hook fasteners; molded
and extruded plastic material having a surface of hooks and
synthetic fiber material having a surface of loops, all for
use in manufacture; adhesive tapes, other than for
stationery and not for medical or household purposes;
self-adhesive tapes, other than for stationery and not for
medical or household purposes; adhesive tape for industrial
and commercial use; adhesive sealants for general use. All-purpose straps comprised of synthetic materials
excluding artificial leather and featuring hook and loop
fasteners, all sold as a unit (term considered too vague by
the International Bureau - Rule 13 (2) (b) of the
Regulations). Fabrics and textiles and substitutes therefor, namely,
woven, molded, non-woven or extruded synthetic material
having a surface of hooks and woven synthetic material
having a surface of loops. Fasteners and straps, namely, separable fasteners in the
nature of snap fasteners and press fasteners; separable
fasteners, namely, hook and loop-type fasteners and
components thereof; hook and loop fastening tape.
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(1) Adhesives for household and and office use; adhesive tapes, self-adhesive tapes, plastic adhesive tapes, and other adhesive materials for household and office use; adhesive strips for household and office use; general purpose plastic bags; general purpose plastic bags featuring hook fasteners.
(2) Plastic substances, semi-processed; molded and extruded plastic for use in the manufacture of hook fasteners; molded and extruded plastic material having a surface of hooks and synthetic fiber material having a surface of loops, all for use in manufacture; adhesive tapes, other than for stationery and not for medical or household purposes; self-adhesive tapes, other than for stationery and not for medical or household purposes; adhesive tape for industrial and commercial use; adhesive sealants for general use.
(3) All-purpose straps comprised of synthetic materials excluding artificial leather, and also including hook and loop fasteners, all sold as a unit.
(4) Fabrics and textiles and substitutes therefor, namely, woven, molded, non-woven or extruded synthetic material having a surface of hooks and woven synthetic material having a surface of loops.
(5) Fasteners, straps and ties, namely, separable fasteners in the nature of snap fasteners and press fasteners; separable fasteners, namely, hook and loop-type fasteners and components thereof; hook and loop fastening tape.
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Fabrics and textiles and substitutes therefor, namely,
woven, molded, non-woven or extruded synthetic material
having a surface of hooks and woven synthetic material
having a surface of loops. Fasteners, straps and ties, namely, separable fasteners in
the nature of snap fasteners and press fasteners; separable
fasteners, namely, hook and loop-type fasteners and
components thereof; hook and loop fastening tape.
Arrays of male fastener elements are formed by molding preforms in cavities defined in one or more adjacent plates and shaped to mold preform arms that extend to a plate side, such as in a cross-machine direction of a continuous molding process. The preforms may be deformed to flatten their upper surfaces and lengthen the arms. Stems of preforms have molded side surfaces and each have width, measured in the longitudinal direction of the strip, that narrows with distance from the strip surface, and also narrows with distance from a parting line extending from the strip surface to the head between the arms.
Rigid foam-core construction underlayment is formed to have one broad side covered by a flexible substrate that carries a series of spaced-apart, discrete regions (such as islands or spaced lanes) of resin, each resin region carrying a respective field of male touch fastener elements extending away from the substrate and exposed for engagement, such as by fibers on an inner surface of exterior construction material, such as a roofing membrane.
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(1) Semi-processed plastics; molded and extruded plastic for use in the manufacture of hook fasteners; molded and extruded plastic material having a surface of hooks and synthetic fiber material having a surface of loops, all for use in manufacture; general use adhesive sealant tape; adhesive tapes for sealing cartons for industrial and commercial use; construction adhesive tape; adhesive tape for waterproofing; adhesive sealants for general use.
(2) All-purpose straps comprised of nylon, polyester, polypropylene, or plastics featuring hook and loop fasteners, all sold as a unit
(3) Fabrics and textiles and substitutes therefor, namely, woven, molded, non-woven or extruded synthetic material having a surface of hooks and woven synthetic material having a surface of loops.
(4) Fasteners and straps, namely, separable fasteners in the nature of snap fasteners and press fasteners; separable fasteners, namely, hook and loop-type fasteners and components thereof; hook and loop fastening tape.
A seat trim cover includes a flexible web and a plurality of molded clips spaced-apart at predetermined intervals along a distal edge of the web. Each of the clips includes a base attached to the web and one or more latch elements extending from the base to a point beyond the distal edge of the web. The latch elements of each clip are configured to clasp a cushion retainer when forced into engagement with the retainer.
Methods of making a male touch fastener product, by shearing distal portions of loops extending from a side of a flexible fabric, leaving fibers extending from the side of the flexible fabric in place of the sheared loops, the fibers extending to respective free distal ends, while leaving other loops extending from the side of the fabric intact, and then heating the distal ends with energy supplied by a linear energy source, such that resin of the distal ends flows to form enlarged heads on the extending fibers, while leaving at least some of the other loops intact. A male touch fastener product has a flexible fabric base with a broad side, and fibers extending from the broad side of the base. The fibers form both loops of fibers, each loop extending from the base at two spaced-apart points, and fiber segments extending from the base to respective distal fiber ends spaced from the base. Each distal fiber end forms an enlarged head of fiber resin for snagging other fibers.
D06C 27/00 - Compound processes or apparatus, for finishing or dressing textile fabrics, not otherwise provided for
A44B 18/00 - Fasteners of the touch-and-close typeMaking such fasteners
D04H 1/732 - Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres characterised by the method of forming fleeces or layers, e.g. reorientation of fibres the fibres being randomly arranged by fluid current, e.g. air-lay
D04H 1/46 - Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties the fleeces or layers being consolidated by mechanical means, e.g. by rolling by needling or like operations to cause entanglement of fibres
D04H 11/08 - Non-woven pile fabrics formed by creation of a pile on at least one surface of a non-woven fabric without addition of pile-forming material, e.g. by needling, by differential shrinking
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All-purpose straps comprised of synthetic materials excluding artificial leather, and also including hook and loop fasteners, all sold as a unit Fabrics and textiles and substitutes therefor, namely, woven, molded, non-woven or extruded synthetic material having a surface of hooks and woven synthetic material having a surface of loops Fasteners, straps and ties, namely, separable fasteners in the nature of snap fasteners and press fasteners; separable fasteners, namely, hook and loop-type fasteners and components thereof; hook and loop fastening tape
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
Goods & Services
Plastic substances, semi-processed; molded and extruded plastic for use in the manufacture of hook fasteners; molded and extruded plastic material having a surface of hooks and synthetic fiber material having a surface of loops, all for use in manufacture; adhesive tapes, other than for stationery and not for medical or household purposes; self-adhesive tapes, other than for stationery and not for medical or household purposes; adhesive tape for industrial and commercial use; adhesive sealants for general use
A method of molding resin on a flexible substrate includes forming discrete regions of resin and forcing resin of at least some of the regions into molding cavities to form a respective array of resin projections extending from a resin base of the regions. Forming the discrete regions of resin includes depositing molten resin directly onto either the substrate or a surface in which the cavities are defined. The resin is deposited as the substrate moves in a processing direction, and the resin is deposited by resin sources spaced from each other along the processing direction.
B29C 43/28 - Compression moulding, i.e. applying external pressure to flow the moulding materialApparatus therefor of articles of indefinite length incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. compression moulding around inserts or for coating articles
A male touch fastener product with a resin surface and an array of spaced-apart male touch fastener elements carried on the surface. Each touch fastener element has a stem extending from the surface and a head disposed at a distal end of the stem and extending laterally from the stem to a distal edge overhanging the surface. The head, stem and surface form a contiguous mass of resin, the head. The distal edge has multiple toes extending laterally outward and varying in shape and size about the edge, with adjacent toes having facing, free-form resin surfaces defining crevices therebetween. The fastener element is particularly flexible and engages with very fine fibers.
An acoustic panel wall mounting system including a rigid fastening plate and a panel anchor. The rigid fastening plate carries a field of first touch fastening features and defines an aperture for receiving a mechanical fastener to secure the fastening plate against a wall with the field of first touch fastening features exposed. The panel anchor has a helix extending from a rigid surface flange that carries a field of second touch fastening features on a surface opposite the helix. The anchor defines a tool receptacle used for twisting the helix into a panel. The field of first touch fastening features is engageable with the field of second touch fastening features to form a connection when brought into engagement as the panel is placed against the wall to contact the fastening plate with the panel anchor.
E04F 13/08 - Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings composed of covering or lining elementsSub-structures thereforFastening means therefor composed of a plurality of similar covering or lining elements
E04B 1/82 - Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflectionOther building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls specifically with respect to sound only
A molding apparatus defining a processing direction includes multiple molding modules spaced apart in a lateral direction perpendicular to the processing direction and a common reaction surface. Each molding module includes a frame and a mold roll that defines molding cavities. Each mold roll defines a respective pressure zone in cooperation with the reaction surface and each mold roll is movable with respect to the reaction surface by controlled operation of the frame. Molten resin is introduced into the pressure zones and forced into the molding cavities to form arrays of fastener elements extending from base layers of resin formed on the surfaces of the mold rolls. The fastener elements are withdrawn from the cavities while stripping the base layers from the peripheral surfaces.
B29C 43/28 - Compression moulding, i.e. applying external pressure to flow the moulding materialApparatus therefor of articles of indefinite length incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. compression moulding around inserts or for coating articles
Rigid foam-core construction underlayment is formed to have one broad side covered by a flexible substrate that carries a series of spaced-apart, discrete regions (such as islands or spaced lanes) of resin, each resin region carrying a respective field of male touch fastener elements extending away from the substrate and exposed for engagement, such as by fibers on an inner surface of exterior construction material, such as a roofing membrane.
An acoustic panel wall mounting system including a rigid fastening plate and a panel anchor. The rigid fastening plate carries a field of first touch fastening features and defines an aperture for receiving a mechanical fastener to secure the fastening plate against a wall with the field of first touch fastening features exposed. The panel anchor has a helix extending from a rigid surface flange that carries a field of second touch fastening features on a surface opposite the helix. The anchor defines a tool receptacle used for twisting the helix into a panel. The field of first touch fastening features is engageable with the field of second touch fastening features to form a connection when brought into engagement as the panel is placed against the wall to contact the fastening plate with the panel anchor.
E04F 13/08 - Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings composed of covering or lining elementsSub-structures thereforFastening means therefor composed of a plurality of similar covering or lining elements
E04B 1/82 - Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflectionOther building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g. accumulating of heat within walls specifically with respect to sound only
A cinching device includes: a buckle including a frame defining an opening; an elongate flexible strap coupled to one portion of the frame and extending away from the frame to a freestanding distal tongue receivable by the opening of the frame, the strap including a first face carrying a plurality of loop-engageable discrete fastening elements and an opposing second face carrying a loop material; and a tab coupled to another portion of the frame, the tab including an exposed touch fastening face engageable with at least one of: the plurality of fastening elements of the first face of the strap or the loop material of the second face of the strap.
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
20 - Furniture and decorative products
Goods & Services
(1) Moulded adhesive-backed plastic material [semi-finished products] having a surface of hooks and/or loops for use in manufacture of hook and loop fasteners with interlocking mushroom-shaped heads; plastic substances, semi-processed; adhesive tapes for industrial use
(2) Textile fastener tape made principally of plastic yarns for use in affixing panels, plinths, plasterboards, signage, canvas, furniture, upholstery, metals, glasses, plastics, ceramics, woods, formica, wallboard, concrete, stone, polyester, vinyl, polycarbonate, polyethylene, polypropylene, as well as for use in the construction, energy, industrial, and transportation industries.
A molding apparatus includes a movable molding surface with molding cavities, a pressure shoe with a stationary outer surface that defines in cooperation with the molding surface a pressure zone, and a resin source configured to introduce molten resin into the pressure zone to be forced into the molding cavities by pressure in the pressure zone. The molding surface is movable with respect to the pressure shoe to introduce molding cavities to the pressure zone to be filled with resin while the outer surface of the pressure shoe and the molding surface define in between an entrance gap of decreasing width upstream of the pressure zone. The outer surface of the pressure shoe is spaced from the molding surface in the pressure zone to define a minimum gap at which the outer surface of the pressure shoe has a slope parallel to the molding surface. The pressure shoe is adapted to be held in a flexed condition against resin in the pressure zone while forcing resin into the cavities, with the outer surface of the pressure shoe curved upstream of the pressure zone.
B29K 23/00 - Use of polyalkenes as moulding material
B29C 43/28 - Compression moulding, i.e. applying external pressure to flow the moulding materialApparatus therefor of articles of indefinite length incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. compression moulding around inserts or for coating articles
A molding apparatus defining a processing direction includes multiple molding modules spaced apart in a lateral direction perpendicular to the processing direction and a common reaction surface. Each molding module includes a frame and a mold roll that defines molding cavities. Each mold roll defines a respective pressure zone in cooperation with the reaction surface and each mold roll is movable with respect to the reaction surface by controlled operation of the frame. Molten resin is introduced into the pressure zones and forced into the molding cavities to form arrays of fastener elements extending from base layers of resin formed on the surfaces of the mold rolls. The fastener elements are withdrawn from the cavities while stripping the base layers from the peripheral surfaces.
B29C 43/28 - Compression moulding, i.e. applying external pressure to flow the moulding materialApparatus therefor of articles of indefinite length incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. compression moulding around inserts or for coating articles
A linear actuator leverage assembly including a base with a side surface and a back surface defining between them a corner, a rail member coupled to the base, a lever arm with a bearing surface, and a linear actuator. The lever arm is pivotally connected to the rail member at a first pivot and to the linear actuator at a second pivot. The linear actuator is configured to move the rail member with respect to the base over a linear stroke of the linear actuator that moves the second pivot of the lever arm along a continuous motion path. The motion path includes a first path segment generally parallel to the side surface and a second path segment, over which the lever arm pivots about the bearing surface as a fulcrum, thereby increasing leverage applied by the actuator to the rail.
B29C 43/28 - Compression moulding, i.e. applying external pressure to flow the moulding materialApparatus therefor of articles of indefinite length incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. compression moulding around inserts or for coating articles
Discrete male touch fastener elements are molded of thermoplastic resin extending from a common, flexible base sheet, by introducing molten resin to a molding nip between two counter-rotating rolls consisting of a mold roll and a pressure roll arranged such that their rotation axes are parallel and together define a common plane containing each of the rotation axes. Solidified resin is stripped from molding cavities of the mold roll after the cavities have passed a rotating reaction roll forming a pressure nip with the mold roll. The reaction roll is spaced from the pressure roll by a distance less than an outer diameter of the mold roll, and the mold roll is simultaneously held against both the pressure roll and the reaction roll in a non-planar roll stack.
B29C 43/28 - Compression moulding, i.e. applying external pressure to flow the moulding materialApparatus therefor of articles of indefinite length incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. compression moulding around inserts or for coating articles
03 - Cosmetics and toiletries; cleaning, bleaching, polishing and abrasive preparations
05 - Pharmaceutical, veterinary and sanitary products
07 - Machines and machine tools
08 - Hand tools and implements
10 - Medical apparatus and instruments
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
20 - Furniture and decorative products
22 - Rope, netting, tents, awnings, sails and sacks; padding and stuffing materials
24 - Textiles and textile goods
25 - Clothing; footwear; headgear
26 - Small items for dressmaking; artifical flowers; false hair
28 - Games; toys; sports equipment
35 - Advertising and business services
Goods & Services
(1) Sandpaper
(2) Baby diapers; adult diapers
(3) Power tool accessories, namely, sanding discs
(4) Sanding discs, namely, sanding pads for non-electric, hand-operated sanders
(5) Hook-and-loop fasteners and padding material having hook-and-loop fasteners, all for medical use, namely, use in or as medical splints, straps, cinching straps and belts; breathable liner padding incorporating such hook-and-loop fasteners intended for medical use, namely, use as a liner for medical splints, straps, cinching straps and belts for medical use, namely, restraint of the limbs and/or the body in connection with operating tables, stretchers, wheelchairs, braces, splints, and crutches.
(6) Adhesive tapes and adhesive strips for household and office use;
(7) General purpose plastic bags; general purpose plastic bags featuring hook fasteners.
(8) Plastic substances, semi-processed; adhesive tapes for industrial use; molded and extruded plastic for use in the manufacture of fasteners consisting of a series of interlocking hooks used in the manufacture of industrial products, consumer and household products, and packaging therefor; Adhesive tapes, other than for stationery and not for medical or household purposes; self-adhesive tapes, other than for stationery and not for medical or household purposes; adhesive sealants for general use; adhesive tape for industrial and commercial use.
(9) Reclosable molded plastic fasteners consisting of adhesive-backed plastic strips with interlocking mushroom-shaped plastic heads; reclosable fasteners made principally of plastic.
(10) All-purpose straps composed of hook and loop fasteners.
(11) Fabrics and textiles and substitutes therefor, namely, woven, molded, non-woven or extruded synthetic material having a surface of hooks and woven synthetic material having a surface of loops
(12) Clothing; headwear; footwear.
(13) Separable fasteners in the nature of snap fasteners and press fasteners; separable fasteners, namely, hook and loop-type fasteners and components thereof; hook and loop fastening tape.
(14) Toy figurines and playsets therefor; toy construction sets; construction toys; children's construction and art activity toys; toy construction sets and construction toys incorporating hook and loop fasteners; educational toys (1) Online retail store services featuring hook and loop fasteners, reclosable fasteners, adhesive tapes and adhesive strips, adhesive sealants, plastic bags, all-purpose straps, fabrics and textiles and substitutes therefor, and toys.
A fastener assembly includes a stud, a threaded sleeve, and a compression spring. The stud includes a shaft with a first head at one end and a second head at an opposite end of the shaft, both heads with opposing bearing surfaces. The threaded sleeve is disposed about the shaft. The threaded sleeve includes external threads and a tubular interior with an inwardly projected shoulder. The compression spring is disposed about the shaft inside the threaded sleeve, with a first end bearing against a shoulder of the threaded sleeve and a second end bearing against a bearing surface of the second head. The spring urges the sleeve against the bearing surface of the first head. The assembly can maintain a preload between two components while allowing the components to be separated, and can also be used as a pressure limiter.
F16B 31/04 - Screwed connections specially modified in view of tensile loadBreak-bolts for maintaining constant tensile load
F16B 31/02 - Screwed connections specially modified in view of tensile loadBreak-bolts for indicating or limiting tensile load
F16B 5/02 - Joining sheets or plates to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of fastening members using screw-thread
F16B 31/00 - Screwed connections specially modified in view of tensile loadBreak-bolts
F16K 17/04 - Safety valvesEqualising valves opening on surplus pressure on one sideSafety valvesEqualising valves closing on insufficient pressure on one side spring-loaded
F16K 17/06 - Safety valvesEqualising valves opening on surplus pressure on one sideSafety valvesEqualising valves closing on insufficient pressure on one side spring-loaded with special arrangements for adjusting the opening pressure
A method of making a loop fastener product features knitting, such as by circular knitting, a pile yarn and one or more ground yarns to form a stretchable knit fabric having loops of the pile yarn extending from a knit ground, with the ground yarns including polymers of differing melt temperatures. The knit fabric is then held in a desired state while the fabric is set by first applying sufficient heat to cause the lower melt temperature resin to flow into interstices of the fabric ground, and then allowing the fabric to cool. The cooled fabric ground is less stretchable in two orthogonal directions after setting than before setting, has a greater air permeability after setting than before setting, and has hook-engageable pile loops extending from bound interstices.
Toy figurines and playsets therefor; toy construction sets; construction toys; children's construction and art activity toys; toy construction sets and construction toys incorporating hook and loop fasteners
A method of making a laminated touch fastener includes introducing a flexible substrate to a resin applicator, applying flowable resin to a limited region of a surface of the substrate, and molding the applied resin to form a plurality of defined structures extending from a layer of the applied resin. The substrate surface, as the substrate is introduced to the resin applicator, has a surface characteristic that varies across the surface. The surface includes both a first region and a second region adjacent the first region, the surface characteristic varying to a greater degree within the second region than within the first region. The flowable resin may be applied within the first region such that an edge of the resin layer is disposed within, and adjacent an exposed portion of, the first region of the substrate surface.
A44B 18/00 - Fasteners of the touch-and-close typeMaking such fasteners
B29C 43/22 - Compression moulding, i.e. applying external pressure to flow the moulding materialApparatus therefor of articles of indefinite length
B29C 43/28 - Compression moulding, i.e. applying external pressure to flow the moulding materialApparatus therefor of articles of indefinite length incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. compression moulding around inserts or for coating articles
A touch fastener product having a base sheet with a resin side surface and a male touch fastener element having a head disposed at a distal end of a resin stem and overhanging the base sheet. The head has an overall shape, as projected in a plane parallel to the base sheet, with a perimeter that defines spaced apart extremities corresponding to head sections of different engagement characteristics and disposed at different distances from a centroid of the overall shape. In one example, the head projection has a polygonal perimeter consisting of straight edges of differing lengths connected at radiused corners. In another, the perimeter comprises an unbroken series of at least three arc segments of different curvatures, with centers of the arc segments disposed at different distances from the centroid.
B29C 43/22 - Compression moulding, i.e. applying external pressure to flow the moulding materialApparatus therefor of articles of indefinite length
B32B 3/30 - Layered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar shapeLayered products comprising a layer having particular features of form characterised by a particular shape of the outline of the cross-section of a continuous layerLayered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar shapeLayered products comprising a layer having particular features of form characterised by a layer with cavities or internal voids characterised by a layer formed with recesses or projections, e.g. grooved, ribbed
B29C 43/28 - Compression moulding, i.e. applying external pressure to flow the moulding materialApparatus therefor of articles of indefinite length incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. compression moulding around inserts or for coating articles
B32B 3/26 - Layered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar shapeLayered products comprising a layer having particular features of form characterised by a particular shape of the outline of the cross-section of a continuous layerLayered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar shapeLayered products comprising a layer having particular features of form characterised by a layer with cavities or internal voids
Arrays of male fastener elements are formed by molding preforms in cavities defined in one or more adjacent plates and shaped to mold preform arms that extend to a plate side, such as in a cross-machine direction of a continuous molding process. The preforms may be deformed to flatten their upper surfaces and lengthen the arms. Stems of preforms have molded side surfaces and each have width, measured in the longitudinal direction of the strip, that narrows with distance from the strip surface, and also narrows with distance from a parting line extending from the strip surface to the head between the arms.
A method for forming a double-sided loop strap includes: receiving a continuous longitudinal strip of loop material including a strip-form base bearing a field of upstanding loops on a fastening side of the strip bounded by opposite longitudinal edges, folding each of the longitudinal edges away from the fastening side, such that the base overlaps itself, and securing the folded edges in place by permanently bonding together overlapped areas of the base to form the double-sided loop strap.
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
Goods & Services
Molded and extruded semi-finished plastic for use in the manufacture of fasteners consisting of a series of interlocking hooks used in the manufacture of industrial products, consumer and household products, and packaging therefor
78.
Tool for fastening a listing bead to a fastener strip
A listing bead fastening tool has a body that defines a guiding recess shaped to receive a listing bead, and a guide rib extending from the body. The guide rib has a neck and a head that is connected to the body of the tool by the neck. The head has a width to allow it to pass through a retention channel defined by opposing rows of fastener elements extending from a base of a fastener strip to which the listing bead is to be fastened. The guiding recess of the body of the tool defines a listing bead insertion path that is angled with respect to the retention channel. Moving the tool along the retention channel causes the listing bead, which is retained within the guiding recess, to be progressively inserted into the retention channel and retained between the rows of fastener elements.
B25B 27/00 - Hand tools or bench devices, specially adapted for fitting together or separating parts or objects whether or not involving some deformation, not otherwise provided for
B65D 33/25 - RivetingDovetailingScrewingEnd- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices using press buttons or slide fasteners
79.
Multi-closure energy dissipating touch fastener links
An energy dissipating link includes: an elongated base having opposite, first and second end portions; and a plurality of touch fasteners permanently coupled to the base, each of the plurality of touch fasteners releasably engageable with at least one other of the touch fasteners. The plurality of touch fasteners is arranged on the base to form first and second closures, each including engagements between respective fastening elements of two or more of the plurality of touch fasteners. The plurality of touch fasteners is configured such that: in response to a tensile load applied to the end portions of the base, the engaged touch fasteners of the first closure are loaded in shear along a shear plane; and in response to a tensile overload condition causing shear displacement of the touch fasteners of the first closure, the engaged touch fasteners of the second closure are subjected to a peel load.
A44B 18/00 - Fasteners of the touch-and-close typeMaking such fasteners
A62B 35/04 - Safety belts or body harnessesSimilar equipment for limiting displacement of the human body, especially in case of sudden changes of motion incorporating energy absorbing means
A62B 35/00 - Safety belts or body harnessesSimilar equipment for limiting displacement of the human body, especially in case of sudden changes of motion
An energy dissipating link for a tether includes: an elongated base having opposite, first and second end portions; a first touch fastener permanently coupled to the base proximate the first base end portion; and a second touch fastener permanently coupled to the base proximate the second base end portion. The second touch fastener is engageable with the first touch fastener to form a releasable closure defining a shear plane. With the first and second touch fasteners engaged to transmit a tensile load between the first and second end portions, and with the engaged touch fasteners loaded in shear in the shear plane, the base includes a longitudinally slack idler section between the first and second end portions. The idler section of the base is configured to transmit tensile load upon an energy-dissipating shear disengagement of the first and second touch fasteners by a tensile overload.
A62B 35/04 - Safety belts or body harnessesSimilar equipment for limiting displacement of the human body, especially in case of sudden changes of motion incorporating energy absorbing means
A touch fastener having long and thin headed stems welded to and extending from, for example, a thin film, is made by orienting thin, hollow, drawn staple fibers between bristles of a brush, with no more than fiber ends sticking out of the brush, and then fusing a film to the fiber ends by direct welding. The fibers are then withdrawn from the brush as stems that are headed by heating their ends and allowing the resin to reform into an engageable head.
A reclosable carton has a releasable closure, with one portion of the closure adhered to a wall of the carton body, and a mating portion of the closure adhered to a flange of a lid of the carton, such that the closure portions overlap with the lid closed. Each closure portion has an exposed surface defining a series of tapered ridges, each formed as a row of tapered scallops, spaced apart in a box lid closing direction, such that the ridges of one closure portion sequentially engage the ridges of the other closure portion as the lid is closed, to hold the lid in its closed position. The closure is subsequently released by flexure of the carton body or lid to separate the engaged ridges.
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
20 - Furniture and decorative products
Goods & Services
Moulded adhesive-backed plastic material [semi-finished
products] having a surface of hooks and/or loops for use in
manufacture of hook and loop fasteners with interlocking
mushroom-shaped heads; plastic substances, semi-processed;
adhesive tapes for industrial use. Reclosable fasteners made principally of plastics.
A self-engaging fastener has a flexible base sheet and an array of discrete fastener elements projecting from a broad side of the base sheet. Each fastener element has a stem extending from the base sheet and a head at a distal end of the stem, the head overhanging the base sheet on multiple sides of the stem. The heads of the discrete fastener elements are arranged in a pattern of hexagonal groupings of fastener element heads bordering central regions void of fastener element heads, with each fastener element head spaced from edges of the array being part of three adjacent groupings. The product features a particularly high separation resistance for the area of the product covered by the heads.
16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
17 - Rubber and plastic; packing and insulating materials
Goods & Services
Adhesives for household and stationery purposes; adhesive tapes for household and stationery purposes; self-adhesive tapes for household and stationery purposes Adhesive tapes, other than for stationery and not for medical or household purposes; self-adhesive tapes, other than for stationery and not for medical or household purposes; adhesive sealants for general use; adhesive tape for industrial and commercial use
A printed media display system includes a media mounting surface carrying discrete male touch fastening elements arranged in a field extending across the surface, and print media in the form of a flexible sheet having a fastening side and a print side, the fastening side featuring engageable fibers in a fibrous field extending across a length and width of the flexible sheet. The system exhibits particularly good wrinkle propagation and engaged alignment properties.
B41M 5/50 - Recording sheets characterised by the coating used to improve ink, dye or pigment receptivity, e.g. for ink-jet or thermal dye transfer recording
F16B 1/00 - Devices for securing together, or preventing relative movement between, constructional elements or machine parts
G09F 19/22 - Advertising or display means on roads, walls or similar surfaces, e.g. illuminated
G09F 15/00 - Boards, hoardings, pillars, or like structures for notices, placards, posters, or the like
G09F 7/18 - Means for attaching signs, plates, panels, or boards to a supporting structure
G09F 7/12 - Signs, plates, panels, or boards using readily-detachable elements bearing or forming symbols the elements being secured or adapted to be secured by self-adhesion, moisture, suction, slow-drying adhesive, or the like
A44B 18/00 - Fasteners of the touch-and-close typeMaking such fasteners
A reusable closure system is disclosed for flexible packaging applications. The system generally includes base and lid portions. The base portion can be bonded to underlying package material and includes first and second fields of touch fasteners separated by a multi-layer buffer zone. The buffer zone can be at least in part co-located with a frangible region of underlying package material. In some embodiments, the buffer zone is substantially free of active bonding agent, such that there is little or no active bonding agent overlapping the frangible region. One of the touch fastener fields of the base can be deployed at least partially within the area defined by the frangible region. The other touch fastener field is deployed around the buffer zone. The lid portion can be bonded to the package material and/or base portion, and includes a hinge and another touch fastener field to mate with the base fields.
B65D 75/58 - Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
B31B 50/81 - Forming or attaching accessories, e.g. opening devices, closures or tear strings
B31B 70/81 - Forming or attaching accessories, e.g. opening devices, closures or tear strings
B65B 11/00 - Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
B65B 61/02 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for perforating, scoring, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging
B65B 61/18 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for applying or incorporating package-opening or unpacking elements, e.g. tear-strips
B65C 1/02 - Affixing labels to one flat surface of articles, e.g. of packages, of flat bands
B65D 43/16 - Non-removable lids or covers hinged for upward or downward movement
B65D 43/22 - Devices for holding in closed position, e.g. clips
B31B 160/10 - Shape of flexible containers rectangular and flat, i.e. without structural provision for thickness of contents
Techniques are disclosed for connecting a printing plate to a print cylinder or surface. The techniques may be implemented, for instance, with respect to a printing plate, a print cylinder, a print sleeve, or some combination thereof. In an embodiment, a field of mechanical fasteners is provisioned on a printing plate, and a complementary field of mechanical fasteners is provisioned on a print sleeve or cylinder. The mechanical fasteners collectively operate to provide a mechanical bond or interface that inhibits lateral and rotational movement of the plate during printing operations, and can also be configured to manage backlash between engaging surfaces of the interface. In some cases, backlash management includes use of cushion effect integral with the mechanical bond itself and/or unidirectional and possibly angled fastener elements to provide a snugging effect. The mechanical bond may be implemented with hook-and-loop, hook-and-hook, hook-to-channel, male/female-type fittings, vacuum, suction, and/or magnetics.
An ostomy belt has an elastic support membrane with a fibrous surface and an aperture for accessing a stoma. The aperture is formed by the user in a preferred location, and the area around the aperture is stabilized against stretch by applying a patch of relatively inelastic hook material to the fibrous surface about the aperture. An elastic membrane of an adhesive bandage is similarly stabilized about an opening in the bandage, by a hook patch that may have a flap for securing an IV tube.
A61F 5/443 - Devices worn by the patient for reception of urine, faeces, catamenial or other dischargeColostomy devices having hydrocolloid type seals, e.g. gels, starches, karaya gums
A61F 5/44 - Devices worn by the patient for reception of urine, faeces, catamenial or other dischargeColostomy devices
A61F 5/449 - Body securing means, e.g. belts, garments
Reclosable molded plastic fasteners consisting of adhesive-backed plastic strips with interlocking mushroom-shaped plastic heads; reclosable fasteners made principally of plastic
An edge of a moisture barrier membrane, such as of a roof assembly, is attached and sealed using a moisture-impermeable sealing tape. The membrane has a fibrous surface and a non-fibrous surface. The tap is secured to a surface to which the edge of the membrane is to be attached, and positioned to underlie and extend along the edge of the membrane. The tape has a first edge width carrying a field of discrete touch fastener elements, and a second edge width carrying a layer of adhesive. The fibrous surface of the moisture barrier membrane is engaged against the field of touch fastener elements, such that the moisture barrier membrane overlaps the first edge width of the tape, and then the sealing tape is folded over the edge of the moisture barrier membrane, such that the adhesive engages the non-fibrous surface of the moisture barrier membrane.
A method of forming a continuous sheet of pleated, hook-form, fastener product includes training a substrate about a pressure roll having an outer surface defining circumferential grooves. As the substrate approaches a nip between the pressure roll and a mold roll calendered with the pressure roll, a portion of the substrate is disposed within a corresponding one of the grooves between the pressure roll and a stationary horn extending into the groove whereby a longitudinally-extending pleat is formed in the substrate. The pleated substrate is then passed through the nip where resin regions are laminated to a side of the substrate opposed to the pleat.
B32B 3/10 - Layered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar shapeLayered products comprising a layer having particular features of form characterised by a discontinuous layer, i.e. apertured or formed of separate pieces of material
A44B 18/00 - Fasteners of the touch-and-close typeMaking such fasteners
B32B 5/02 - Layered products characterised by the non-homogeneity or physical structure of a layer characterised by structural features of a layer comprising fibres or filaments
B29C 48/35 - Extrusion nozzles or dies with rollers
B29C 43/22 - Compression moulding, i.e. applying external pressure to flow the moulding materialApparatus therefor of articles of indefinite length
B29C 43/28 - Compression moulding, i.e. applying external pressure to flow the moulding materialApparatus therefor of articles of indefinite length incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. compression moulding around inserts or for coating articles
B29C 53/26 - Corrugating of plates or sheets parallel with direction of feed
22 - Rope, netting, tents, awnings, sails and sacks; padding and stuffing materials
26 - Small items for dressmaking; artifical flowers; false hair
Goods & Services
Splints, straps, belts for medical use; breathable liner padding for medical use. All-purpose straps comprised of synthetic textile materials. Hook and loop fasteners; haberdashery.
A releasable fastening features a first fastening strip including an elongated, flexible base carrying an array of discrete fastener elements arranged in rows and columns, and a second fastening strip configured to releasably engage with the first fastening strip. The first fastening strip also includes a longitudinally continuous rib supported by the upper surface of the base of the first fastening strip, the rib extending sufficiently far from the base of the first fastening strip to engage a sealing portion of the second fastening strip, and of a bending strength sufficiently low that the rib is placed in an elastically bent state, when the first and second fastening strips are in the engaged state, thereby forming with the sealing portion of the second fastening strip a non-interlocking barrier to resist flow across the fastening with the first and second fastening strips in the engaged state.
A male touch fastener strip includes an elongated base and a field of male fastener elements each having a stem extending from a broad face of the base and a head for engaging fibers. The fastener element stems and broad face of the base together form a unitary mass of resin, such as a resin containing a magnetically attractable substance. Wings extend from respective longitudinal edges of the base and define discrete corrugations extending in a series along the fastener strip and forming corresponding undulations in the rear face of the strip along its longitudinal edges. The corrugated wings can also support a foam gasket.
A44B 18/00 - Fasteners of the touch-and-close typeMaking such fasteners
B29C 33/16 - Moulds or coresDetails thereof or accessories therefor with incorporated means for positioning inserts, e.g. labels against the mould wall using magnetic means
B29C 44/12 - Incorporating or moulding on preformed parts, e.g. inserts or reinforcements
