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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2011
Christopher M. Gallant, Nottingham, NH (US);
Mark A. Clarner, Concord, NH (US);
Derrick Slowikowski, Merrimack, NH (US);
Jefferson Davis, Antrim, NH (US);
Wallace L. Kurtz, Jr., Lunenburg, MA (US);
Christopher M. Gallant, Nottingham, NH (US);
Mark A. Clarner, Concord, NH (US);
Derrick Slowikowski, Merrimack, NH (US);
Jefferson Davis, Antrim, NH (US);
Wallace L. Kurtz, Jr., Lunenburg, MA (US);
Velcro Industries B.V., Willemstad, unknown;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides embodiments of a releasable fastening arrangement that can include a first fastening strip secured to and extending over a substrate surface and having a first surface carrying first fastening elements extending from the surface. The releasable fastening arrangement can also include a second fastening strip having a second surface carrying second fastening elements that are engageable by the first fastening elements to form a releasable fastening. The first surface can include a flexible flap that is formed therein, and that is surrounded by other portions of the first surface. The flap can carry at least one of the first fastening elements, and can flap have a distal edge that is displaceable from the substrate surface under peel loads applied to the at least one first fastening element carried by the flap.