Complementary fastener product
AssigneeYKK Corporation of America
InventorsChester P. Dudek, James Hutcherson, Kiichiro Ishikawa, Tomonari Yoshida
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Abstract
A method of providing complementary fastener strips for securing one item to another item is disclosed. A dispenser allows for complementary fastener strips in a prebound configuration, to be dispensed and used in applications such as the manufacture of outdoor furniture cushions. The invention facilitates the efficient and cost effective manufacture of articles which utilize multiple strips of complementary fastener strips.
Claims14
A method of securing complementary fastener strips, comprising:
- providing a first length of a fastener strip having at least one complementary fastening face;
- providing a second length of a fastener strip having at least one complementary fastening face;
- binding said second fastener strip to said first fastener strip at an intermediate location along the first length of fastener strip;
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- wherein said first length of fastener strip is bound to said second length of fastener strip such that the complementary face of one fastener strip abuts a non-complementary face of the other fastener strip.
A method of securing complementary fastener strips, comprising:
- providing a first length of a fastener strip having at least one complementary fastening face;
- providing a second length of a fastener strip having at least one complementary fastening face;
- binding said first fastener strip to said second fastener strip at predetermined intervals;
- wherein said complementary face of said first fastener strip abuts a non-complementary face of said second fastener strip;
- providing a dispenser for dispensing said complementary fastener strip product;
- and severing said complementary strips, after dispensing, at a point on either side of said predetermined intervals to provide a product having a proximal bound end and a distal unbound end.
A plurality of complementary fastener strips, comprising:
- a first length of fastener strip having at least one complementary fastening face;
- a second length of fastener strip having at least one complementary fastening face;
- said second strip is secured to said first strip at an intermediate location on said first strip;
- wherein the first strip if bound to the second strip such that the complementary face of one strip abuts a non-complementary face of another strip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.