Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Including readily dissociable fastener having numerous,... – Having mounting surface and filaments constructed from...
Patent
1999-04-13
2000-06-20
Brittain, James R.
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Including readily dissociable fastener having numerous,...
Having mounting surface and filaments constructed from...
24442, F16B 500, A44B 1800
Patent
active
060762381
ABSTRACT:
A mechanical fastener including a plurality of engaging stems located in unordered arrangements, which repeat on a substrate. A preferred embodiment of the invention provides a mechanical fastener with a plurality of repeating unordered arrangements, where the arrangements repeat in more than one direction. The unordered arrangements of the engaging stems allow pairs of the fasteners to interengage with themselves, or in other words, to self-mate. Additionally, the unordered arrangements of engaging stems allow the fasteners to interengage at any relative angular orientation with a relatively constant engagement force, and a relatively constant disengagement force regardless of their angular orientation. The unordered arrangements of engaging stems also allow pairs of fasteners to interengage at any relative planar position with a relatively constant engagement force and a relatively constant disengagement force regardless of their planar position.
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Arsenault Cathleen M.
Hargrett Brian T.
Kobe James J.
Levitt Leon
3M Innovative Properties Company
Brittain James R.
Sandy Robert J.
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