Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Including readily dissociable fastener having numerous,... – Having mounting surface and filaments constructed from...
Reexamination Certificate
2005-06-14
2005-06-14
Sandy, Robert J. (Department: 3677)
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Including readily dissociable fastener having numerous,...
Having mounting surface and filaments constructed from...
C024S442000, C024S306000, C002S912000, C002S920000, C604S391000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06904649
ABSTRACT:
A fastening tape has a sheet-form base carrying an array of hooking members (10,22,24,34) each having a height (h) of about 0.008 inch (0.2 millimeter) or less, as measured from the base, and fiber-engaging features, such as re-entrant tips (18,32), disposed less than about 0.003 inch (0.08 millimeter) from their upper surfaces, as measured normal to the base. Such hooking members are employed to releasably engage directly into foams and fine denier non-woven materials, such as those of insulation, filters, construction moisture barriers, disposable gowns and diapers.
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Sepanik Hariani Zaki
Tremblay Heidi S.
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Sandy Robert J.
Velcro Industries B.V.
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