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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2011
Thierry Marche, La Chapelle Basse Mer, FR;
Olivier Blanc, Saint Mars du Desert, FR;
Nayda Liz Ramos Medina, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Timothy Looney, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Thomas Alexander Horn, Hofheim, DE;
Thierry Marche, La Chapelle Basse Mer, FR;
Olivier Blanc, Saint Mars du Desert, FR;
Nayda Liz Ramos Medina, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Timothy Looney, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Thomas Alexander Horn, Hofheim, DE;
APLIX, S.A., Paris, FR;
Abstract
A hook fastener including a base strip and a field of hooks, each hook having a stem and a cap, the cap including at least one lateral overhang, and each hook being further delimited by two opposing substantially planar surfaces, wherein the overhang includes a swelling located at a distance from the stem so that the thickness of the overhang increases in the swelling, the bottom surface of the overhang forming a cavity for receiving filaments.