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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mitsuhisa Okawa, Toyama-ken, JP;
Assignee:
YKK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D03D 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D03D 1/500 ;
Abstract
A woven double cloth surface fastener structure comprising front and rear woven foundation fabrics. An engaging element yarn protrudes from at least one of the fabrics, and a thermal melting yarn is woven between the fabrics, the thermal melting yarn has a melting point less than the melting point of the engaging element yarn and has a melting point less than the melting point of warp and weft yarns defining the woven double cloth surface fastener structure. The thermal melting yarn is configured to weld the front and the rear fabrics together when heated.