US 9,792,839 B2Granted

Wide filament fastener and stock

AssigneeAvery Dennison Corporation

InventorsWilliam J. Cooper, Adam Dickson

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Abstract

A length of fastener stock (111) includes opposing first and second continuous side members—(113-1) and (113-2) which are coupled together by a plurality of flexible cross-links (117). Individual fasteners (121) are selectively obtained from the stock (111) by cutting or separating the side members (113-1) and (113-2) at appropriate points (i.e., midway) between the cross-links or filaments (115). Accordingly, each fastener (121) will include a first cross-bar (123-1), which has been cut from side member (113-1), and a second cross-bar (123-2), which has been cut from side member (113-2), the cross-bars (123-1) and (123-2) being interconnected by the flexible filament (115). Suitably, with respect to an axial cross-section thereof, the width W of the flexible filament (115) is greater than or equal to approximately one and a half-times the height H of the filament (115).

Claims12

Dependent claims

A length of fastener stock, comprising a pair of longitudinal side members and a plurality of cross-links interconnecting said longitudinal side members,

each of said plurality of cross-links has a length, a cross-section width, and a cross-section height, wherein said cross-section width is one and a half times greater than a cross-section height of each of said plurality of cross-links, and said cross-links generally are in the form of a flattened semi-ellipse, or flattened semi-oval, that includes a flat bottom surface on one side;
and
wherein each of said longitudinal side members has a flat side and a D-shaped profile with opposing inner and outer surfaces that are generally flat with a rounded top surface and said plurality of cross-links are equidistantly spaced from each other, said cross-section width and said cross section height are configured to substantially resist rotation of an individual plastic fastener about an axis along said length in response to a lateral movement when applied around an article of commerce.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/304,987Filed 28 Nov 2011 · us provisional application
Priority: 23 Dec 2010
Published: US 2012/0159903 A128 Jun 2012
Granted: 17 Oct 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G09F 3/14
Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself: by strings, straps, chains, or wires
Y10T 24/1498
Bale and package ties, hose clamps: plastic band
G09F
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Y10T
Technical subjects covered by former us classification