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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1997
Steven Kunreuther, New York, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
To reduce the force necessary to anchor the double 'T' bar attachments, the filament of each attachment is made longer than the shortest (perpendicular) distance between the 'T' bars to avoid the necessity of stretching the filament beyond its original length as it is dispensed. The filament lies in the same plane as the 'T' bars to permit it to be fabricated on conventional stretching equipment. Preferrably, each end of the filament is formed at an acute angle relative to a line perpendicular to the 'T' bar to which it is attached. The attachments can be supplied in continously connected ladder stock form or in a clip of parallel spaced attachments, situated between connector bars. In clip form, the attachments are fed along a correspondly shaped channel through the housing. In order to reduce the peak force necessary to sever the 'T' bars from the respective connector bars, blades are located within the housing such that they cut at different times during the trigger stroke.