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US 2024/0423331 A1Published application
Hook-to-hook fastener
AssigneeYKK Corporation
InventorsMichael Fleming, Wolfgang Coronel, Phillip Hazelton
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Abstract
A fastener includes: a base; a plurality of hooks extending from the base, the plurality of hooks sized to receive a corresponding hook of a plurality of hooks of another fastener; and a plurality of ribs extending from the base, the plurality of ribs sized to receive a corresponding rib of a plurality of ribs of the other fastener.
Claims25
A fastener assembly comprising:
- a first fastener;
- and
- a second fastener configured to face and engage with the first fastener, each of the first fastener and the second fastener comprising:
- a base;
- a plurality of hooks extending from the base, the plurality of hooks defining a longitudinal row of hooks, adjacent hooks of the longitudinal row of hooks spaced apart by a spacing interval measured between centerlines of the adjacent hooks and defining a hook-receiving area therebetween;
- and
- a plurality of ribs extending from the base, the plurality of ribs defining two longitudinal rows of ribs, adjacent ribs of each of the two longitudinal rows of ribs spaced apart by a spacing interval measured between centerlines of the respective adjacent ribs and defining a rib-receiving area therebetween, the longitudinal row of hooks positioned in a lateral direction between the two longitudinal rows of ribs;
- wherein:
- each hook-receiving area defined between each pair of adjacent hooks of the plurality of hooks of the first fastener is sized to receive a corresponding hook of a plurality of hooks of the second fastener, and each rib-receiving area defined between each pair of adjacent ribs of the plurality of ribs of the first fastener is sized to receive a corresponding rib of a plurality of ribs of the second fastener;
- and
- the plurality of hooks of the second fastener are configured to engage with the plurality of hooks of the first fastener, and the plurality of ribs of the second fastener are configured to engage with the plurality of ribs of the first fastener.
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A fastener comprising:
- a base;
- a plurality of hooks extending from the base, the plurality of hooks defining a longitudinal row of hooks, adjacent hooks of the longitudinal row of hooks spaced apart by a spacing interval measured between centerlines of the adjacent hooks, the adjacent hooks defining a hook-receiving area therebetween, the hook-receiving area sized to receive a corresponding hook of a plurality of hooks of another fastener;
- and
- a plurality of ribs extending from the base, the plurality of ribs defining two longitudinal rows of ribs, adjacent ribs of each of the two longitudinal rows of ribs spaced apart by a spacing interval measured between centerlines of the adjacent ribs, the adjacent ribs defining a rib-receiving area therebetween, the longitudinal row of hooks positioned in a lateral direction between the two longitudinal rows of ribs, the rib-receiving area sized to receive a corresponding rib of a plurality of ribs of the other fastener.
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A method comprising:
- engaging a second fastener to a first fastener with an assembly force to form a fastener assembly, each of the first fastener and the second fastener comprising:
- a base;
- a plurality of hooks extending from the base;
- and
- a plurality of ribs extending from the base;
- wherein engaging the second fastener to the first fastener comprises:
- receiving a hook of the plurality of hooks of the second fastener within a corresponding hook-receiving area defined between each pair of adjacent hooks of the plurality of hooks of the first fastener;
- and
- receiving a rib of the plurality of ribs of the second fastener within a corresponding rib-receiving area defined between each pair of adjacent ribs of the plurality of ribs of the first fastener.
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A fastener assembly comprising:
- a first fastener;
- and
- a second fastener configured to face and engage with the first fastener, each of the first fastener and the second fastener comprising:
- a base;
- a plurality of hooks extending from the base;
- and
- a plurality of ribs extending from the base;
- wherein the plurality of hooks of the second fastener are configured to engage with the plurality of hooks of the first fastener, and the plurality of ribs of the second fastener are configured to engage with the plurality of ribs of the first fastener.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.