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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Konrad Welfonder, Bremerhaven, DE;
Assignee:
Hunter Douglas Industries B.V., Rotterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47G 5/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47G 5/02 ;
Abstract
A method of forming a strip-like mounting element ( ) in situ on a side of a flexible, preferably fabric, sheet ( ) comprising the steps of proving a thermoplastic, preferably a hot-melt adhesive ( ), in a heated state in a longitudinally-extending undercut groove ( ) of a longitudinally-elongate receiving member ( ), and pressing the side of the sheet ( ) against the thermoplastic in a longitudinally-extending opening ( ) in the groove ( ). Whereby one side of the thermoplastic adheres to the sheet and an opposite side of the thermoplastic is removably positioned in the groove of the receiving member.