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AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorDennis A. Thomas
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The invention is a refastenable mechanical fastening system including rows of female loops joined to a substrate. The loops taper from the base to the distal end and are typically nonperpendicularly oriented relative to the plane of the substrate. The shanks of each loop may also have an azimuthal angle relative to the machine direction of the substrate. Each loop includes an opening for receiving a portion of the prong of a male hook component. The loops are manufactured by the process of extruding liquid material through the apertures of a depositing member onto a moving substrate to form the base of the loop, stretching the liquid material in a direction parallel to the plane of the substrate, severing the stretched material to form a distal end which fuses with an adjacent amount of stretched material to forma loop. The advantageous usage of the fastening system in an article of manufacture, such as a disposable absorbent article, and more specifically, a diaper is also disclosed.
A female component for use in a fastening system including a mating male component having a plurality of extending hooks, said female component comprising:
A fastening system, comprising:
A female component for use in a fastening system having a male component including a plurality of extending hooks, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.