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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11445786 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 18, 2019

Fastening tape with flexibility in the longitudinal direction and associated methods

Applicant:

Ykk Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Zhiyu Ren, Macon, GA (US);

Tsuyoshi Minato, Macon, GA (US);

Atsushi Nakaya, Macon, GA (US);

Kenta Okada, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

YKK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Primary Examiner:

Philip C Tucker

Assistant Examiner:

Brian R Slawski

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B 18/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/58 (2006.01); B29C 48/00 (2019.01); B29C 48/08 (2019.01); B29C 43/28 (2006.01); B29C 43/22 (2006.01); B29C 43/46 (2006.01); F16B 1/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/56 (2006.01); B29C 65/18 (2006.01); B29C 65/72 (2006.01); B29C 65/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B 18/0049 (2013.01); A44B 18/0076 (2013.01); B29C 43/222 (2013.01); B29C 43/28 (2013.01); B29C 43/46 (2013.01); B29C 48/0011 (2019.02); B29C 48/08 (2019.02); B60N 2/5833 (2013.01); A44B 18/0061 (2013.01); B29C 65/18 (2013.01); B29C 65/56 (2013.01); B29C 65/72 (2013.01); B29C 65/76 (2013.01); B29L 2031/729 (2013.01); F16B 2001/0028 (2013.01); F16B 2001/0035 (2013.01); Y10T 24/27 (2015.01);
Abstract

A fastening tape having flexibility in a longitudinal direction of the fastening tape. The fastening tape includes a plurality of fasteners, a support, and magnetic material positioned on the support. The support defines a plurality of plateaus and a plurality of valleys. The magnetic material is positioned on at least a portion of one of the plurality of plateaus or the plurality of valleys of the support such that a height of the magnetic material varies in the longitudinal direction. Because the height of the magnetic material varies, the fastening tape is more flexible in the longitudinal direction. In some cases, the fastening tape is also flexible in the lateral direction.

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