Velcro Industries B.v.

Melissa Spezzafero

Mark A Clarner

Howard A Kingsford

George A Provost

Christopher M Gallant

William P Clune

Luis Parellada Armela

David P Kraus

William L Huber

Michel Labrecque

Jefferson Davis

Scott M Filion

Juan Sánchez

A method for forming a hook-engageable landing zone on a fibrous surface by selecting a region of the surface to form the landing zone, by raising fibers from the surface in the selected region to form fibrous loops extending from the surface, and by anchoring the fibrous loops in the selected region to secure the loops and resist pullout during hook engagement.

Outer cover engagement

Engageability of fibrous surfaces for use with touch fasteners

A method of forming a fastener is provided, including (a) forming, from a thermoformable material, a preform product having a sheet-form base and an array of preform stems integrally molded with and extending from the base to corresponding terminal ends; (b) heating the terminal ends of the stems to a predetermined softening temperature, while maintaining the sheet-form base and a lower portion of each stem at a temperature lower than the softening temperature; and (c) contacting the terminal ends with a contact surface that is at a predetermined forming temperature, lower than the softening temperature, to deform the terminal ends to form heads therefrom that overhang the sheet-form base. Fasteners and other methods of forming them are also provided.

Fasteners engageable with loops of nonwoven fabrics and with other open structures, and methods and machines for making fasteners

Methods of making fastener products

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Danville, NH, United States of America

Melissa Spezzafero