Actief N.v.

Velcro Industries B.v.

Ouellette, Marcel C.

Provost, George A.

Marcel C Ouellette

George A Provost

A self-engaging separable fastener is disclosed which comprises a base member of woven separable fastener material having at least two adjacent mating fastener sections. At least one section is defined by a plurality of loops upstanding from the base member, and the other section is defined by a plurality of hooks upstanding from the base member. The loops are formed of respective generally parallel rows of multifilament yarns interwoven into their respective base section so as to repeat the same loop direction and construction every predetermined number of picks and the hooks are cut from respective generally parallel rows of loops of monofilament yarns interwoven into their respective base section so as to repeat their loop direction and construction every predetermined number of picks, which latter number of picks is greater than the number of picks in which the direction of the multifilament loops is repeated. The density of the monofilament hooks is less than the density of the multifilament loops such that the sections of fastener material may be placed in face-to-face engagement by folding one section over the other and pressing the surfaces together and separated by peeling forces normal to the interfacial plane of engagement. Preferably the loops repeat themselves every four picks and the hooks repeat themselves every eight picks.

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Bedford, NH, United States of America

Marcel C Ouellette