Molded surface fastener
AssigneeTruxedo, Inc.
InventorMichael R. Spencer
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Abstract
A vehicle cover assembly comprising; a flexible cover; one or more side rails; and a fastener assembly that is secured to a vehicle bed comprising; a cover fastener that is on one or more edge regions of the flexible cover; and a side rail fastener with one or more rows of fasteners comprising; a plurality of dual hooks on the base that releasably connect with the cover fastener of the flexible cover; and a plurality of spacers between the plurality of dual hooks.
Claims19
A side rail fastener configured to secure a tonneau cover to a side rail, the side rail fastener comprising:
- a substrate;
- a plurality of dual hooks supported on the substrate and comprising:
- i) a plurality of first dual hooks each having a first base extending upwardly from the substrate, and a front first hook and a rear first hook, both of which extend upwardly from the first base and point in a first direction, wherein a first trench is defined between the front first hook, the rear first hook, and a top edge of the first base, the top edge of the first base is spaced upwardly from the substrate;
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- ii) a plurality of second dual hooks each having a second base extending upwardly from the substrate, and a front second hook and a rear second hook, both of which are located on the second base and point in an opposing second direction;
- wherein the plurality of first dual hooks are arranged in rows that extend along a length of the substrate and the plurality of second dual hooks are arranged in rows that extend along the length of the substrate, and the rows of the plurality of first dual hooks and the rows of the plurality of second dual hooks alternate along a width of the base so that either at least a portion of the front second hook or at least a portion of the rear second hook is at least partially aligned with the first trench in a transverse direction to the length of the substrate.
A side rail fastener configured to secure a tonneau cover to a side rail, the side rail fastener comprising:
- a substrate;
- multiple rows of a plurality of first hook structures that point in a first direction, each of the plurality of first hook structures comprising a first base that extends upwardly from the substrate and a pair of first hooks extending upwardly from the first base, the plurality of first hook structures are arranged along a length of the substrate, each of the first hook structures comprise a first trench that is defined between the pair of first hooks and a top edge of the first base;
- multiple rows of a plurality of second hook structures that point in a second direction, each of the plurality of second hook structures comprise a second base that extends upwardly from the substrate and a pair of second hooks extending upwardly from the second base, the plurality of second hook structures are arranged along the length of the substrate;
- wherein at least one of the multiple rows of first hook structures is staggered between at least two of the multiple rows of the second hook structures so that a hook of one of the second hook structures is at least partially aligned with the first trench in a transverse direction to the length of the substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.