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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2004
Roger C. Bruins, Hudsonville, MI (US);
Roger A. Vanden Berg, Jamestown, MI (US);
Roger C. Bruins, Hudsonville, MI (US);
Roger A. Vanden Berg, Jamestown, MI (US);
National Nail Corporation, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
A process for forming an elongate strip defined by a plurality of adjacent but sidewardly spaced pressure caps used for securing an underlayment to a substrate. A plurality of essentially identical strip segments, each containing a plurality of substantially identical pressure caps disposed in sidewardly spaced relationship along a row, are molded of a plastics material, with the endmost cap of each strip being molded with an outwardly cantilevered securing tab. A plurality of strip segments, after removal from the mold, are positioned in adjacent end-to-end relationship and the connecting tab on the end of one strip is mechanically joined to the endmost cap associated with a second strip, with a plurality of such strips being joined in aligned end-to-end relationship to define the elongate strip, which strip can be suitably packaged as a coil. The pressure cap preferably has an elongate recess which opens downwardly from the upper surface thereof to accommodate its engagement with a staple for securement to the substructure.