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US 6,203,880 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.
Claims3
A loop pile fabric for use as the female connection of a hook and loop interconnection comprising:
- a plurality of yarns, each comprised of a core and effect yarn, laying adjacent to and spaced from one another, said effect yarns having a plurality of loops projecting therefrom to act as receivers for the hook of a hook and loop interconnection and an adhesive applied to said yarns including the loops of said effect yarns and bridging adjacent yarns such that said adhesive bridges adjacent yarns to maintain said yarns spaced from one another and/or adheres loops of spaced yarns to loops of adjacent yarn.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.