Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Including readily dissociable fastener having numerous,...
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-05
2011-07-05
Brittain, James R (Department: 3677)
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Including readily dissociable fastener having numerous,...
C428S100000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07971325
ABSTRACT:
A touch fastener including an elongated base having multiple segments connected by articulable joints. Each segment has an upper surface, a lower surface, and a plurality of touch fastener elements extending from the lower surface of the base. A flexible barrier extends across at least one articulable joint between adjacent base segments. The fastener may include a magnetically attractable material disposed along a center region of the upper surface of the base. The fastener base may define a pair of first and second notches in opposite longitudinal edges of the base at the articulable joint to allow bending of the base. The base may also define a slit extending through the base from a longitudinal edge thereof at the articulable joint.
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Cina Michael
Clarner Mark A.
Ferry Kristel L.
Girard Stephane Xavier
Janzen Daniel Lee
Brittain James R
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Velcro Industries B.V.
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