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US 4,296,533 AGranted
Snap fastener component strip
AssigneeTalon, Inc.
InventorRandall H. Doerter
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Abstract
A snap fastener component strip is disclosed as including a series of like square plastic components interconnected by molded plastic portions which are reinforced by continuous polymer monofilaments embedded in the components to provide a strong, flexible strip of components particularly suited to handling by automatic machinery. A method of molding such strips is also disclosed.
Claims5
A snap fastener component strip particularly adapted for manipulation by automatic machinery comprising
- a plurality of like plastic snap components aligned in a row,
- a pair of integrally molded plastic connecting portions joining each pair of adjacent components, and
- a pair of flexible reinforcing polymer filaments extending along the row of snap components, a portion of each filament being embedded in each component,
- said filaments having substantially greater flexibility than said molded connecting portions to maintain continuity between components even if said molded connecting portions are broken by flexure.
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