Dimensionally flexible touch fastener strip
AssigneeGerald Rocha
InventorGerald Rocha
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Abstract
A fastening strip for touch fasteners is provided which includes a corrugated portion as well as fastening elements. The corrugated portion allows the strip to be bent in a plane perpendicular as well as parallel with the longitudinal axis of the strip such that it may be applied to curved surfaces and remain substantially flat. Fastening elements such as hooks, loops, mushroom-shaped, bulbous and double hooks may be included on both sides of the strip and on the walls of the channels that form the corrugations as well as between the corrugations. The corrugated fastening strips may be useful for automotive seating and diaper applications. Processes for forming the corrugated fastening strip area also disclosed.
Claims15
A touch fastening strip comprising:
- a corrugated strip defining an undulating surface and forming a plurality of channels and a base portion between adjacent channels, the corrugated strip defining a plane, the corrugated strip constructed and arranged to be bendable within the plane and out of the plane, and such that when the corrugated strip bends within the plane, the corrugated strip remains in the plane;
- fastening elements formed on and projecting from at least portions of a top of said undulating surface that define a fastening location, wherein a thickness of said undulating surface of the corrugated strip at said fastening location is relatively thicker than adjacent locations of said undulating surface of the corrugated strip.
A touch fastening strip comprising:
- a corrugated strip defining an undulating surface and forming a plurality of channels and a base portion between adjacent channels, the corrugated strip defining a plane, the corrugated strip constructed and arranged to be bendable within the plane and out of the plane, and such that when the corrugated strip bends within the plane, the corrugated strip remains in the plane;
- fastening elements formed on and projecting from at least portions of a top of said undulating surface, and wherein the channels comprise a planar top wall and a first planar side wall connected to said planar top wall and an opposing second planar side wall connected to said planar top wall.
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