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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.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
YKK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
24452 ; 24442 ; 2642102 ; 2642902 ;
Abstract
A surface fastener-molded of synthetic resin, comprises: a plate-like substrate; and a multiplicity of hooks formed on one surface of the substrate integrally, each of the hooks being composed of a rising portion having a front surface rising from the substrate, a rear surface rising obliquely from the substrate along a smooth curved line and a reinforcing rib located on at least one side surface, and a hook-shape engaging portion extending forwardly from a distal end of the rising portion. After the molding, the plate-like substrate is biaxially stretched to have a smaller thickness and, at the same time, to increase the toughness in substantially all directions of the substrate.