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US 10,159,313 B2Granted
Deployable touch fastener
AssigneeGerald F. Rocha
InventorsGerald Rocha, Stephen M. Rocha
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Abstract
Embodiments related to a touch fastener and its methods of manufacture and use are disclosed. In one embodiment, the touch fastener may include a substrate with a first portion and a second portion displaceable relative to the first portion. A first fastening element may be formed in the first portion. When the first portion is displaced relative to the second portion, a force and/or moment generated by the displacement may cause the first fastening element to be deployed.
Claims31
A touch fastener comprising:
- a substrate including a first portion and a second portion displaceable relative to the first portion within a plane of the substrate;
- and
- a first fastening element formed in the first portion, wherein when the first portion is displaced relative to the second portion, a force and/or moment generated by the displacement causes the first fastening element to be deployed from a first undeployed state oriented within the plane of the substrate to a second deployed state that is oriented out of the plane of the substrate.
A touch fastener comprising:
- a substrate having a first portion and a second portion displaceable in a plane of the substrate relative to the first portion;
- and
- a first fastening element having sections formed in the first and second portion of the substrate, wherein when the first and second portions are displaced in the plane of the substrate relative to each other, the displacement causes the first fastening element to be deployed out of the plane of the substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.