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US 6,203,645 B1Granted
Female connector fabric
AssigneeMilliken & Company
InventorMichael William Gilpatrick
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Abstract
A female fabric for use in a hook and loop connecting arrangement in which a plurality of spaced substantially parallel yarns having loops projecting from and integral therewith are held in spaced relationship by a suitable adhesive material.
Claims5
A method of producing a fabric with loops projecting outwardly therefrom comprising the steps of:
- manufacturing a plurality of core and effect yarns with loops from the effect projecting therefrom, maintaining adjacent yarns spaced from one another and running the plurality of yarns in a sheet past an adhesive applicator, placing a thin layer of adhesive on said yarn so that said adhesive spans the space between said yarns and some of the loops from one yarn adheres to the loops of the next adjacent yarn setting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.