Deployable touch fastener
AssigneeGerald Rocha
InventorsGerald Rocha, Stephen M. Rocha
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Abstract
Embodiments related to a touch fastener and its methods of manufacture and use are disclosed. In one embodiment, the touch fastener may include a substrate with a first portion and a second portion displaceable relative to the first portion. A first fastening element may be formed in the first portion. When the first portion is displaced relative to the second portion, a force and/or moment generated by the displacement may cause the first fastening element to be deployed.
Claims80
A touch fastener comprising:
- a substrate including a first portion and a second portion displaceable relative to the first portion;
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- a first fastening element formed in the first portion, wherein, when the first portion is displaced relative to the second portion, a force and/or moment generated by the displacement causes the first fastening element to be deployed.
A method of deploying a touch fastener, the method comprising:
- displacing a first portion of a substrate relative to a second portion of the substrate, wherein a force and/or moment generated by the displacement deploys a first fastening element formed in at least one of the first portion and the second portion.
A touch fastener comprising:
- a substrate including a first portion and a second portion displaceable relative to the first portion;
- a first fastening element formed in the first portion, wherein the first fastening element includes a first stem attached to a fastening portion and to the first portion;
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- a first deployment link extending between the second portion and either the fastening portion or the first stem of the first fastening element.
A touch fastener comprising:
- a substrate including a first portion and a second portion displaceable relative to the first portion;
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- a first fastening element including a first stem attached to the first portion, a second stem attached to the second portion, and a fastening portion extending between the first stem and the second stem, wherein displacing the first portion relative to the second portion displaces the first stem towards the second stem to deploy the first fastening element in response to the displacement of the first portion and the second portion.
A touch fastener comprising:
- a substrate having a first portion and a second portion displaceable in a plane of the substrate relative to the first portion;
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- a first fastening element having sections formed in the first and second portion of the substrate, wherein, when the first and second portions are displaced in the plane of the substrate relative to each other, the displacement causes the first fastening element to be deployed out of the plane of the substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.