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US 6,148,487 AGranted
Laminated self-gripping tape, molded product, and method of manufacturing a molded article including a self-gripping tape
AssigneeAplix
InventorFabrice Billarant
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Abstract
A laminated tape including a self-gripping sheet with hook-fastening elements, characterized by a layer of plastic foam and a layer of metal which can be attracted by a magnet and which is inserted between the layer of plastic and the self-gripping sheet.
Claims12
A laminated tape adapted for being bonded to a first plastic foam material having an outer surface, wherein said laminated tape comprises:
- (a) a self-gripping sheet having hook-fastening elements thereon;
- (b) a second plastic foam material having an inner face and an outer face, said outer face being adapted for being bonded to said outer surface of said first plastic foam material, the first plastic foam material adapted for being poured in liquid form on said second plastic foam material and fixing itself to the second plastic foam material by solidification;
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- (c) a layer of magnetically-attractable material adapted for maintaining proper orientation of said hook-fastening elements relative to a magnetically-attractable mold pocket within which said laminated tape is adapted to be placed with the hook-fastening elements in contact with the bottom of said mold pocket, said magnetically attractable material being positioned between said inner face of said second plastic foam material and said self-gripping sheet.
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A molded article comprising:
- (a) a body in a first plastic foam material;
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- (b) a laminated tape, said laminated tape including a first plastic foam material having respective inner and outer layers, a self-gripping sheet having hook-fastening elements thereon and extending outwardly from said body, and a layer of magnetically-attractable material positioned between said outer layer and said self-gripping sheet, the laminated tape being bonded to said first plastic foam material on the outer face of said second plastic foam material layer.
A method for assembling a molded article, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a laminated tape including a first plastic foam material having respective inner and outer layers, a self-gripping sheet having hook-fastening elements thereon and extending outwardly from said body, and a layer of magnetically-attractable material positioned between said outer layer and said self-gripping sheet;
- (b) placing said laminated tape in a pocket defined in the bottom of a mold with said hook-fastening elements in contact with the bottom of said pocket;
- (c) pouring said first plastic foam material in liquid form into said mold and allowing the first plastic foam material to solidify, a second plastic foam layer of the tape being then bonded by its outer face to the first plastic foam material;
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- (c) withdrawing said molded article from the mold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.