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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7325421 | Printed loop fabric and method for producing the same The present invention relates generally to a printed loop fabric with improved graphic visibility and clarity which may be used as the female portion of a mechanical closure system. The loop fabric is generally comprised of a knit fabric, and more specifically, of a... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7254303 | Optical tube assembly having a dry insert and methods of making the same An optical tube assembly and method of manufacture include at least one optical waveguide, at least one dry insert that generally surrounds the at least one optical waveguide, and a tube. The dry insert includes a tape and at least one filament attached to the tape,... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7207195 | Fiber-made surface fastener A fiber-made surface fastener having on its back a covering of soft fiber yarns excellent in softness and in a function and durability as a surface fastener and including a multiplicity of engaging elements woven or knitted simultaneously with weaving or knitting of... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7200902 | Releasable fastener system A releasable fastener system comprises a loop portion and a hook portion. The loop portion includes a support and a loop material disposed on one side thereof whereas the hook portion includes a support and a plurality of closely spaced upstanding hook elements exte... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7193010 | Aqueous resin composition, and method of manufacturing a separable fastener using this composition An aqueous resin composition satisfying the following criteria (I)–(III). (I) The aqueous resin composition contains (a) an aqueous dispersion of a polyurethane resin obtained from a macromolecular polyol, organic polyisocyanate, chain extending agent and 2,2-dime... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7172008 | Hook fasteners and methods of making the same A method of making a touch fastener includes coextruding, side-by-side, a plurality of lanes of polymeric material to form a sheet-form base. The sheet-sheet form base includes a lane of a first polymeric material disposed between two lanes of a second polymeric mat... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7056462 | Forming discrete fastener element regions A method of making a fastener product having discrete regions of fastener element stems extending from a strip-form base includes providing a gap formed along a peripheral surface of a rotating mold roll, the mold roll having a plurality of cavities exposed about th... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6960314 | Molding of fastening hooks and other devices Methods of forming mold cavities suitable for hook and loop fastening are disclosed, along with effective hook construction and hook and loop fastener products that have an ultrathin cross-section. Photochemical techniques are employed to form plates that define hoo... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6913810 | Interface tape A faster tape is provided including (a) a molded resin base sheet with an array of integrally molded fastener elements extending from a first side of the base sheet; and (b) a substrate permanently secured to a second side of the base sheet, the substrate comprising... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6910353 | Printed loop fabric and method for producing the same The present invention relates generally to a printed loop fabric with improved graphic visibility and clarity which may be used as the female portion of a mechanical closure system. The loop fabric is generally comprised of a knit fabric, and more specifically, of a... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6737147 | Laminated hook fastener An extruded hook fastener strip is created on a roll having hook forming cavities in its surface by extruding plastic material into the interface between the forming roll and a second strip carried by a backing roll. The second strip is firmly bonded to the fastener... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6681457 | Fiber surface fastener and method for finishing same A finishing method for obtaining a fiber surface fastener, said method being capable of, with simple processes, firmly fixing entangling portions between a foundation cloth composed of knitted/woven structure or nonwoven fabric and base portions of engagi... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6647600 | Hook and loop fastener for flat materials A hook and loop fastener for flat structures, particularly for textile products, having a hook part and an interlocking part, the interlocking part being made of a nonwoven composite having worked-in, textured, polymeric threads, the nonwoven composite be... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6565943 | Surface fastener formed of fibers The present invention provides a surface fastener wherein necessary engaging strength is maintained for a long term, the surface fastener is flexible and has a favorable touch without prickly feeling even when male engaging elements formed of fibers are e... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6477750 | Surface fastener The present invention provides a surface fastener having a high durability, in which an engaging element yarn for forming loop-like or hook-like engaging elements is fixed firmly to a foundation fabric in a simple configuration. In a surface fastener foun... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6460228 | Monofilament interlaced loop surfaced and thin-profile fastener strip base material A monofilament interlaced loop surfaced and thin-profile fastener strip base material that replaces the multifilar nap surfaced and thicker profiled conventional base material and is fabricated into a unitary structural entity by a knitting machine. Among... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6443187 | Aligning woven loop elements to form mounting sleeves A woven fastener product is shown in which monofilament loops woven in the structure are shown sized and located to provide pin-receiving mounting sleeves as part of the woven structure to fasten a device or object to the woven structure. In one case, a p... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6386242 | Hook fastener member to minimize damage to loops A flexible hook fastener member having a hook density of 80 to 200 per cm2 and causing little damage to cooperating loop fastening elements. The loops for forming hook fastening elements are produced by thin monofilaments having a fineness of 1... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6381812 | Outdoor tablecloth securing device A device and method for securing a tablecloth to a picnic table. Multiple strips of elastic with hook and loop type fasteners at opposed ends of each strip, which provide releasable closure of the strips into binding bands, wrap around the tablecloth and ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6332250 | Mechanical fastener A mechanical fastener including a loop member includes a base sheet and a plurality of continuous filaments extending substantially parallel one to another on one surface of the base sheet substantially parallel one direction and the filaments are bonded ... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6248419 | Laminated hook fastener An extruded hook fastener strip is created on a roll having hook forming cavities in its surface by extruding plastic material into the interface between the forming roll and a second strip carried by a backing roll. The second strip is firmly bonded to t... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6202260 | Touch fasteners their manufacture and products incorporating them A composite touch fastener has an elongated, sheet-form resin substrate, a fibrous loop strip partially encapsulated in, or otherwise permanently attached to, resin of the substrate, and an array of loop-engageable fastener elements integrally molded with... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6203645 | Female connector fabric A female fabric for use in a hook and loop connecting arrangement in which a plurality of spaced substantially parallel yarns having loops projecting from and integral therewith are held in spaced relationship by a suitable adhesive material.... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6202264 | Surface fastener made of fiber and method for manufacturing the same The present invention provides a surface fastener made of a woven/knitted fabric which is extremely thin and flexible. Designs and the like on a rear face side of the fastener can be clearly seen through engaging elements and a substrate. Also, the fasten... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6196031 | Low unit weight knitted loop fabric A knitted loop fabric comprising: a ground of warp yarns or wales (8,11) of stitches forming a network of wales parallel to one another and of weft connecting yarns or weft yarns (6), the latter being connected to the warp yarns to form the ground, and lo... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6192556 | Female component for touch and close fastener and method of manufacturing the same A simple and less expensive nonwoven female component for a mechanical refastenable fastening device ("touch and close fastener") can be conveniently used in mostly disposable applications such as disposable diapers, disposable operating gowns, disposable... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6035498 | Stretched fasteners A running length of fastener product is formed of longitudinally pre-oriented synthetic resin. The product is characterized by a base web and an array of discrete fastener elements protruding from at least one side of the web, the web being in a laterally... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5996189 | Woven fastener product A woven hook-and-loop fastener product includes a base fabric and at least one edge extending in the warp direction that serves as a load-dissipating structure. The edge is a resilient tube structure or a fabric woven to be thicker than the base fabric.... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5974635 | Female engaging member of surface fastener and method of manufacturing the same The invention relates to a female engaging member for a surface fastener carrying engaging elements which has a novel profile and a method of manufacturing a surface fastener which is adapted to continuous manufacturing operation by means of a relatively ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5945193 | Touch fastener with porous metal containing layer 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 p... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5875526 | Female member of a hook-and-loop fastener A female member of a Hook-and-Loop fastener made of double knit goods, in which a pile is provided at least in a portion on one side A of the double knit goods. The pile contains a crimped yarn, the percentage crimp (K1) of which is not more th... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5853842 | Process for the production of a multi-layer composite article having fasteners affixed to a surface thereof and the article produced thereby A process for the production of a rigid multi-layer composite articles (20) prepared from reacting inter alia a sheet of an open cell foam material (22) impregnated with a binder resin, such as isocyanate resin, to fill the cells of the foam material (22)... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5852855 | Disposable diaper with fastener A hook fastener portion is disclosed for use in a hook and loop fastener that has a woven backing with portions of pile monofilaments projecting from its front surface providing hooks adapted for making releasable engagement with loops of the fastener. In... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5830298 | Loop fastening material There is provided a loop fastening material for engaging a suitable male mechanical fastening element for a backing substrate of an oriented sheet material having a first face and a second face and substantially continuously attached to at least the first... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5827589 | Strap devices, and methods of constructing and utilizing same A strap to hold wires or other components permanently or semi-permanently, using a flexible high strength carrier member as the main component of the strap. The strap replaces mechanically retained wire clips. To apply the wire strap, first the back liner... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5702797 | Molded surface fastener and method for manufacturing the same Molten resin is continuously extruded from an injection die or an extrusion die toward the circumferential surface of a die wheel having in its circumferential surface a multiplicity of hook-element-forming cavities and, at the same time, one or more yarn... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5699593 | Loop fastening material There is provided a loop fastening material for engaging a suitable male mechanical fastening element for a backing substrate of an oriented sheet material having a first face and a second face and substantially continuously attached to at least the first... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5669120 | Molded surface fastener In a molded surface fastener, at least part of a substrate sheet and hook elements are molded of synthetic resin, and simultaneously with the molding of the substrate sheet, at least part of foundation structure of a pile woven or knit core sheet is integ... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5659930 | Surface-type fastener having a thick foundation fabric A first foundation fabric having on its one surface a number of raised interlocking elements and a second foundation fabric having weft threads of monofilaments are woven or knitted integrally with each other by means of connecting threads. The first and ... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5620769 | Molded surface fastener and method for manufacturing the same In a molded surface fastener manufacturing method, molten resin is injected or extruded from an injection die or an extrusion nozzle, and at the same time, a coarse mesh core sheet is introduced between the extruded molten resin and the circumferential su... | 04/15/1997 |
