Fastener straps

A fastener strap comprising:

• a portion of sheet material having a first surface and a second surface substantially opposite the first surface, said first surface bearing constructed for face-to-face cooperating engagement with said second surface, said first surface carrying an array of hooks and said second surface being constructed for engagement with said hooks, the sheet material being shaped to define:
• an elongated body having a predetermined width;
• a head portion at one end of the body having a width greater than said predetermined width, and defining an opening through which the strap body can be pulled;
• and
• a tail portion at an opposite end of the body, having a width less than said predetermined width, said tail being dimensioned for insertion through said opening.

A fastener strap comprising:

• a portion of sheet material having a first surface and a second surface substantially opposite the first surface, said first surface being constructed for face-to-face cooperating engagement with said second surface, said first surface carrying an array of hooks and said second surface being constructed for engagement with said hooks, the sheet material being shaped to define:
• an elongated body having a predetermined width;
• a head portion at one end of the body having a width greater than said predetermined width, and defining an opening through which the strap body can be pulled;
• and
• a tail at an opposite end of the body, said tail having a width less than said predetermined width, being dimensioned for insertion through said opening, and including a region of said sheet material that has been rendered incapable of face-to-face cooperating engagement with the opposite surface of the sheet material.

A method of producing a plurality of fastener straps, comprising

• (a) providing a sheet material having a first surface and a second surface substantially opposite the first surface, said first surface being constructed for face-to-face cooperating engagement with said second surface;
• and
• (b) die-cutting the sheet material according to a predetermined die cut pattern, the die cut pattern defining a first array of fastener straps and a second array of fastener straps, each strap having an elongated body having a predetermined width, and a head portion at one end of the body having a relatively greater width and defining an opening through which the strap body can be pulled, the array of straps defining a first set of said straps and a second set of said straps, the head portions of the first set being located on a first side of the array and the head portions of the second set being located on a second, opposite side of the array, and the bodies of the first set being directly bordered by and parallel with the bodies of the second set, in an interdigitated arrangement,
• said second array of fastener straps being disposed in an end-to-end relationship with said first array, the two arrays defining rows of collinear fastener straps, in which, in alternating rows, the head portions of the first array are directly bordered by the tails of the second array, and the tails of the first ay are directly bordered by the head portions of the second array.

A fastener strap sheet comprising:

• a sheet material having a first surface and a second surface substantially opposite the first surface, said first surface being constructed for face-to-face cooperating engagement with said second surface, said first surface carrying an array of hooks and said second surface carrying an array of hook-engaging loops constructed for engagement with said hooks;
• and
• a pattern of cuts extending through said sheet material, said outs defining an array of fastener straps, each fastener strap including an elongated body having a predetermined width, and a head portion at one end of the body having a width greater than said predetermined width and defining an opening through which the strap body can be pulled,
• the array of straps defining a first set of straps and a second set of straps, the head portions of the first set being located on a first side of the array and the head portions of the second set being located on a second, opposite side of the array, and the bodies of the first set being directly bordered by and parallel with the bodies of the second set, in an interdigitated arrangement.