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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eustathios Vassiliou, Newark, DE (US);
Assignee:
WTPA, Incorporated, Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B 1/700 ; A44B 2/100 ; F16B 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B 1/700 ; A44B 2/100 ; F16B 2/100 ;
Abstract
This invention discloses fasteners characterized by the use of barbs to secure a primary object in place. More particularly, the barbs which are used are critically shaped barbs resulting in considerable increase of the holding force without sacrificing the flexibility of the barbs, and without sacrificing the broad acceptability of various thicknesses of the primary object to be fastened.