Mechanical and adhesive based reclosable fasteners
AssigneeIntercontinental Great Brands LLC
InventorsPaul Anthony Zerfas, Leonard Scarola, David Chris Masterson, Mark R. Alten, Jeffrey James Boyce, Colleen Marie Henry, Kelly J. Jenkins, Vincent Daniel McGinniss
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Abstract
A hybrid reclosable fastener with both mechanical mating and adhesive reclosable mating elements and a method of forming the hybrid reclosable fastener is described herein. Mechanical mating elements include mating portions having cooperating coupling parts configured to provide mechanical mating along with adhesive mating elements including an adhesive material formed on the cooperating coupling parts configured to provide an adhesive mating.
Claims23
A combined mechanical mating and adhesive-based reclosable fastener comprising:
- opposing substrate portions for supporting the reclosable fastener;
- mechanically mating elements of the reclosable fastener including mating portions having cooperating coupling parts configured to provide mechanical mating of the fastener when the cooperating coupling parts are coupled together;
- adhesive mating elements of the mating portions including contacting portions of the cooperating coupling parts formed of an adhesive material exhibiting a bond between the contacting portions configured to provide an adhesive mating of the cooperating coupling parts when coupled together;
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- the mechanically mating elements and the adhesive mating elements combine to provide a first peel force between the opposing substrate portions of about 80 to about 900 gpli and up to five subsequent peels between the opposing substrate portions of about 60 to about 900 gpli.
19-30. (canceled)
A combined mechanical mating and adhesive-based reclosable fastener comprising:
- opposing substrate portions for supporting the reclosable fastener;
- mechanically mating elements of the reclosable fastener including mating portions having cooperating coupling parts configured to provide mechanical mating of the cooperating coupling parts when coupled together;
- adhesive mating elements including contacting portions of the cooperating coupling parts formed of a cohesive material exhibiting a tack effective to form an adhesive bond between the contacting portions configured to provide an adhesive mating of the cooperating coupling parts when coupled together;
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- the mechanically mating elements and the adhesive mating elements effective to form a bond strength of the energy-cured patterned material to the polymeric base at least about 900 grams per linear inch and to permit a peel force upon reclosing of about 60 to about 900 gpli after contact of the reclosable fastener with particles having an average particle size less than about 150 microns.
34-37. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.