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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2020
Ykk Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Matsui, Kurobe, JP;
Zhiyu Ren, Kurobe, JP;
Atsushi Nakaya, Macon, GA (US);
Kazuhiro Nozaka, Macon, GA (US);
Tetsuya Yoshino, Novi, MI (US);
Ayumi Fujisaki, Macon, GA (US);
Nao Yasuda, Kurobe, JP;
Masayoshi Kinoshita, Kurobe, JP;
YKK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a fastening tape. A plurality of fastening cells on a surface of an elongated substrate. Each of at least some of the fastening cells includes: a fastening element array; one or more barriers at least partially surrounding the fastening element array; at least one slit provided in an upper portion of at least one of the one or more barriers; and a fastening element at least partially filling the slit. At least some of the fastening cells which are adjacent to each other in a longitudinal direction are separated from each other by an open space extending across the substrate in a lateral direction. The fastening element extends inward of the respective fastening cells in a direction away from a respective one of the open spaces.