Support sleeve

A flexible support sleeve having an outer edge and comprising having an outer edge and:

• a knit fabric sheet having finite width and length and extending to opposite edges, the knit fabric sheet having a fastening face with loops of fibers extending away from a knit fabric base and forming part of a first side of the flexible support sleeve;
• a strip of resin of limited width and overlaying a first portion of the fastening face of the fabric sheet along one edge of the fabric sheet, the strip of resin comprising
• resin impregnating the fabric sheet to form a base;
• and
• an array of discrete male touch fastener elements carried on the base, each male touch fastener element comprising a stem extending from and contiguous with the base and a head disposed at a distal end of the stem and overhanging the base to form a crook for engaging the loops of the knit fabric sheet to form a releasable fastening;
• and
• a strip of adhesive disposed on a second side of the flexible support sleeve, at least partially underlying the strip of resin;
• wherein the base formed by the impregnating resin has a selvedge, coterminous with the outer edge of the flexible support sleeve and void of male touch fastener elements, such that the selvedge of the base is not engageable with the loops of the knit fabric sheet;
• and
• wherein the strip of adhesive underlays all of the discrete male touch fastener elements of the strip of resin.