Plastic fastener and needle well-suited for use in the dispensing thereof

A fastener assembly comprising:

• (a) a first elongated member, said first elongated member having a first end and a second end;
• (b) a second elongated member, said second elongated member being parallel to said first elongated member and having a first end and a second end, said first end of said second elongated member facing in the same direction as said first end of said first elongated member;
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• (c) a plurality of filaments, each of said filaments having a first end connected to said first elongated member and a second end connected to said second elongated member;
• (d) wherein each of said flexible filaments has a first region of increased thickness proximate to said first end of said flexible filament, said first region of increased thickness asymmetrically facing towards said first ends of said first and second elongated members and facing away from said second ends of said first and second elongated members.

A plastic fastener comprising:

• (a) a flexible filament, said flexible filament having a first end and a length;
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• (b) a first cross-bar transversely disposed at said first end of said flexible filament, said first cross-bar having a first end, a second end and a length extending from said first end to said second end;
• (c) wherein said flexible filament is asymmetric in thickness about a plane extending parallel to the length of said flexible filament and perpendicular to the length of said first cross-bar.