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US 9,498,026 B2Granted
Spaced multi-rib zipper
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsJose Manuel Septien Rojas, Martin Offa-Jones, Steven Ausnit
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a one piece multi-rib fastener including at least two groups of ribs, each rib with one or more hooks, wherein the groups are separated by a space less than the width of the maximum number of ribs within one of the groups.
Claims16
A closure, comprising:
- a fastener including at least a first group of ribs and a second group of ribs, wherein the first group of ribs is separated from the second group of ribs by a gap with a width less than a width of the first group or the second group;
- the first group of ribs including a plurality of immediately adjacent ribs wherein the space between the immediately adjacent ribs can receive a rib from an opposing fastener and interlock therewith;
- wherein the gap between the first group of ribs and the second group of ribs is greater than a space between immediately adjacent ribs within the first or second group of ribs;
- and
- wherein a shape of the first group of ribs is substantially identical to a shape of the second group of ribs thereby forming a single self-mating construction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.