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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2000
Charles L. Deschenes, Attleboro, MA (US);
Avery Dennison Corporation, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
A plastic fastener and a needle particularly well-suited for use in the dispensing of the same. In a preferred embodiment, the plastic fastener includes a stretched flexible filament having a first end and a second end. A first cross-bar is disposed at the first end of the flexible filament, the first cross-bar having a first end and a second end. A second cross-bar is disposed at the second end of the flexible filament, the second cross-bar having a first end and a second end. The second cross-bar is parallel to the first cross-bar. The flexible filament has a first region of increased thickness proximate to the first end of the flexible filament and a second region of increased thickness proximate to the second end of the flexible filament. Each of the first and second regions of increased thickness asymmetrically faces towards the first ends of the cross-bars and faces away from the second ends of the cross-bars. The plastic fastener is preferably of the plastic staple variety and is formed as part of continuously connected fastener stock.