Velcro Industries B.v.

Der-Shi Wang

David E Godlewski

Randall B Kenney

Pamela C Wang

Normand A Cote

A woven fastener product includes an array of hook elements and an array of loop elements that extend from the surface of different respective regions of a common fabric base. The arrays are formed by warp yarns, the arrays being separated in the warp direction of the fabric base. To form a self-engaged fastening, the fastener product is conformed so that the hook elements overlie the loop elements. Monofilament loops are shown sized and located to provide pin-receiving mounting sleeves as part of the woven structure.

Woven hook and loop fastening

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 pair of sleeves has a pre-determined spacing corresponding to the spacing between a pair of mounting pins of a pre-determined device such as a wrist watch. In another case, an extensive field of mounting sleeves formed by a series of adjacent, parallel rows of the sleeves enable the mounting on the same band of different devices having different mounting pin spacings, e.g., to enable different size watches to be used on the same type of band. The mounting loops lying between those that correspond with the particular mounted device provide a cushioning effect adding to comfort and secure positioning of the watch or other device on the band. Particular woven fastener bands are shown which include an array of hook elements and an array of loop elements that extend from the surface of different respective regions of a common fabric base. The hook arrays are formed by warp yarns, the array of hooks and the array of mounting-sleeve defining loops being separated in the warp direction of the fabric base. To form a self-engaged fastening, the fastener product is conformed so that the hook elements overlie multifilament loop elements, extensions of the multifilament loop elements forming part of the fabric base the loop elements.

Aligning woven loop elements to form mounting sleeves

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.

Woven fastener product

A woven, self-engaging fastener with upright, mushroom-shaped, monofilament engaging elements that are in a thermally relaxed, stress-reduced condition. The engaging elements are arranged in a twill-like pattern such that weft-wise adjacent engaging elements are aligned diagonally to the weaving direction, and with sufficient density to enable the fastener to function as a self-engaging fastener. The fastener is produced by weaving a three-dimensional, double plush weave having two layers of interwoven warp and weft threads, and monofilament fibers interwoven with and passing back and forth between the two layers. The monofilament fibers are relaxed by heating, then severed between the two layers.

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Bedford, NH, United States of America

Der-Shi Wang