| US 7,488,527 B2 | ||
| Molded touch fasteners | ||
| Emilio Munoz Herrero, Barcelona (Spain); Luis Parellada Armela, Palafrugell (Spain); Daniel Lee Janzen, Brampton (Canada); Kevin Keith Line, Port Severn (Canada); and Christopher M. Gallant, Nottingham, N.H. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Velcro Industries B.V., Curacao (Netherlands Antilles) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 15, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/725,142. | ||
| Application 11/725142 is a division of application No. 11/467436, filed on Aug. 25, 2006, abandoned. | ||
| Application 11/467436 is a continuation of application No. 10/997748, filed on Nov. 24, 2004, granted, now 7,108,814. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0194611 A1, Aug. 23, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. A44B 21/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 428—100 [428/99; 428/900; 428/304.4; 24/306; 24/442] | 27 Claims |
| 1. A touch fastener, comprising:
a sheet form base having an upper face and a lower face;
a plurality of male fastener elements, each fastener element having a stem molded integrally with and extending from the upper
face of the sheet form base; and
a foam disposed between at least some of the fastener elements, wherein the foam is adhered to the upper face of the sheet
form base and adhered, in a compressed state, directly to lower portions of the stems of the fastener elements, whereby portions
of the foam immediately adjacent the stems of the fastener elements are held in a more compressed state than portions of the
foam spaced from the fastener elements.
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