Combination Of Refastenable And Releasable Bonds
OwnerRobert L. Popp, Walter A. Mattingly +1inventors
InventorsRobert L. Popp, Walter A. Mattingly, Thomas E. Williamson
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Abstract
A refastenable, pant-like garment, including a chassis including a first waist region and a second waist region, together defining a waist opening and first and second leg openings. The garment also includes a first refastenable seam joining a first distal portion of the first waist region to a first distal portion of the second waist region. The first refastenable seam includes a first refastenable bond connecting the first distal portion of the first waist region and the first distal portion of the second waist region having a first refastenable bond peel strength.
Claims10
A refastenable joint joining a first material having a first end and a second end to a second material having a third end and a fourth end, including a refastenable bond connecting the first end to the third end, the first material being folded and bonded with a releasable bond wherein separating the second end from the fourth end initially stresses the refastenable bond and the releasable bond predominantly in peel, then ruptures the releasable bond predominantly in peel, then stresses the refastenable bond predominantly in shear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.