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US 4,739,635 AGranted
Connector assembly and composite therefor
AssigneeDouglas L. Heydt
InventorsJames P. Conley, William E. Cowan, Douglas L. Heydt
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Abstract
An improved male-female type connector assembly. A male connector includes hook elements while a female connector includes a composite of a flexible substrate having a knit structure with loops produced about at least a portion of same. Loop height, loop density and/or configuration of the hook elements may be varied to produce an assembly that is intended for repetitive connective, disconnect operations, or a semi-permanent structural connection.
Claims3
A connector assembly comprising:
- (a) a male hook means, said male hook means comprising a substrate having a plurality of elongated elements secured thereto and extending outwardly therefrom, said elongated elements having hooks at outer free ends of same;
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- (b) female stitch-bonded means adapted to receive said male hook means in a predetermine degree of releasable securement, said female stitch-bonded means comprising a woven base substrate of about 14 picks per inch and about 25 warps per inch, said woven base substrate having stitch-bonded pile loops extending from a surface thereof in a density of from about 100 to about 700 loops per square inch and a loop height of from about 3 to about 5 millimeters, whereby said male hook means interengage with said loops to form said predetermined degree of securement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.