A44B 18/0057
Female or loop elements
Official title: {Female or loop elements (A44B18/0053 takes precedence)}
A44B18/0057 (Female or loop elements) appears on 20 US grants and 25 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A44B- Granted patents
- 20
- Published applications
- 25
- Assignees
- 20
- Inventors
- 61
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
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| 2025 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Composite fastener30 Jun 2026US 12,671,755 B2Fyx BV
- Composite fastener3 Mar 2026US 12,564,249 B2Fyx BV
- Polyester fabric hook-and-loop fastener and manufacturing method for same11 Nov 2025US 12,465,119 B2Kuraray Fastening Co., Ltd.
- Flexible fastener for textiles12 Jan 2021US 10,888,140 B1Dubrosky & Tracy Patent Service Corp.
- Sheet of loop material, method and apparatus for forming same22 Sep 2020US 10,779,618 B23M Innovative Properties Company
- Composite fastener18 Dec 2025US 2025/0385962 A1Fyx BV
- Plug-in type detachable layered carpet4 Dec 2025US 2025/0366645 A1Shaoxing Wuwei New Material Co., Ltd.
- Composite fastener4 Sep 2025US 2025/0275609 A1Fyx BV
- Dissimilar material joining via interlocking metasurfaces17 Jul 2025US 2025/0228338 A1National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
- Connection system12 Sep 2024US 2024/0298754 A1Gottlieb Binder GmbH & Co.KG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Creped nonwoven liner with gradient capillary structure106US 6,150,002 AKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 2000
- Creped nonwoven materials106US 6,197,404 B1Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 2001
- Hook and loop fastening83US 7,048,818 B2Velcro Industries B. V. · 2006
- Method for manufacturing refastenable fastening systems including a female loop fastening component and the product produced therefrom39US 5,586,371 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1996
- Method for manufacturing refastenable fastening systems including a female loop fastening component and the products produced therefrom39US 5,622,578 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1997