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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2004
Applicants:
Christopher M. Gallant, Nottingham, NH (US);
William P. Clune, Northwood, NH (US);
Inventors:
Christopher M. Gallant, Nottingham, NH (US);
William P. Clune, Northwood, NH (US);
Assignee:
Velcro Industries B.V., Curacao, AN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fastener element with a sheet-form base and an array of wedge-shaped engageable elements molded integrally with a surface of the sheet-form base. The wedge-shaped elements each have a steep side and a gradually rising side, and are arranged with their steep sides all directed in a common sense, such that the array can engage a similar array of oppositely-directed wedge-shaped elements to resist shear motion. The distal edges of the wedges are curved in top view.