Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Structurally defined web or sheet – Including fastener for attaching to external surface
Patent
1995-12-06
1999-08-31
Ahmad, Nasser
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Structurally defined web or sheet
Including fastener for attaching to external surface
24306, 24442, 24445, 24447, 24448, 24450, 24452, 428 99, 428137, 428138, 428255, 428285, 4283139, 4284744, 428480, B32B 306
Patent
active
059451939
ABSTRACT:
A fastening component of a separable fastener has some portion that is necessary for its fastening function, such as the space adjacent the fastening elements, the base to which the fastening elements are attached or a substrate that is used for another purpose, comprised of a magnetically attractive or electrically conductive porous metal containing layer. The fastening component may be the hook portion or the loop portion of a typical fastener. The fastening elements and the base may be unitary, or of different precursors. The porous metal layer may be embedded in the base portion of the fastening component, or any backing substrate, or therebetween. The porous metal layer may be fully or partially embedded. The porous metal may be an expanded, perforated, woven or non-woven structure. Rather than the magnetically attractive porous metal layer being incorporated into the fastening elements or their base, it may be incorporated into the substrate that is formed from a precursor element that is separate from the base, and that is joined to the base. The porous metal layer may also be located between the fastening elements, such as the hooks or loops, and a protective cover, part of whose function is to prevent foaming material from fouling the fastening elements. The porous metal containing layer may be wholly metal, or it may be a composite of a non-metal phase and a metal phase. Rather than using a separate substrate layer for anchoring such a fastener into a molded article being molded, a three-dimensional pattern may be embossed on the non-fastening surface of the fastener to aid in securing it to the molded article.
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Banfield Donald L.
Lacombe Lawrence E.
Leach Peter E.
Pollard Samuel White
Watts Carol A.
Ahmad Nasser
Velcro Industries B.V.
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