ENHANCED FLEXIBILITY FASTENER, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ITS MAKING, AND PRODUCT INCORPORATING IT

• Main Authors: LEAK, A. TODD, STUMPF, JAMES V, PROVOST, GEORGE A, ROSLANSKY, APIROMRAJ S
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 12.09.1996
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HABERDASHERY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; JEWELLERY; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

An enhanced flexibility fastener product (30) has a base (35) and hook elements (34a, 34b, 34c) integrally molded with and extending from the base (35). Hump-shaped formations (36a, 36b, 36c) (referred to as "rip stops"), that are integrally molded with base (35), are offset relative to th...