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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2011
Kevin Keith Line, Port Severn, CA;
Stephane Xavier Girard, Toronto, CA;
David Pubrat, Toronto, CA;
Daniel Lee Janzen, Brampton, CA;
Michael Cina, Etobicoke, CA;
Kristel L. Ferry, Golden, CO (US);
Mark A. Clarner, Concord, NH (US);
David P. Kraus, Jr., Amherst, NH (US);
Kevin Keith Line, Port Severn, CA;
Stephane Xavier Girard, Toronto, CA;
David Pubrat, Toronto, CA;
Daniel Lee Janzen, Brampton, CA;
Michael Cina, Etobicoke, CA;
Kristel L. Ferry, Golden, CO (US);
Mark A. Clarner, Concord, NH (US);
David P. Kraus, Jr., Amherst, NH (US);
Velcro Industries B.V., Willemstad, Curacao, unknown;
Abstract
A touch fastener including an elongated base having multiple segments connected by articulable joints. Each segment has an upper surface, a lower surface, and a plurality of touch fastener elements extending from the lower surface of the base. A flexible barrier extends across at least one articulable joint between adjacent base segments. The fastener may include a magnetically attractable material disposed along a center region of the upper surface of the base. The fastener base may define a pair of first and second notches in opposite longitudinal edges of the base at the articulable joint to allow bending of the base. The base may also define a slit extending through the base from a longitudinal edge thereof at the articulable joint.