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US 12,172,811 B2Granted
Flexible fastening strap
AssigneeVelcro IP Holdings LLC
InventorsJerry G. Hodsdon, David D. Cianciolo, James L. Tardiff
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Abstract
An elongated fastening strap of touch fastener material has a head with a grommet defining a slot through which the other end of the strap is received. Selective interference at the ends of the slot with the width of the strap alter the resistance to motion within the slot. The grommet provides a smooth surface within the slot.
Claims18
An elongated fastening strap, comprising
- a length of flexible material with two opposite faces bounded by lateral edges extending along the length of flexible material;
- mutually engageable touch fastener elements carried on the faces of the flexible material to releasably fasten overlapping portions of the flexible material together with the fastening strap wrapped about an object;
- wherein the length of flexible material has a perimeter shaped to form a head and a tail extending from the head to a distal end opposite the head, the tail having lateral edges defining a nominal width therebetween;
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- a grommet of greater thickness than the flexible material and secured to overlay the head on two opposite sides thereof, the head defining, at the grommet, a transverse slot of a length sufficient to receive therethrough the distal end of the tail.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.