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Tool for fastening a listing bead to a fastener strip

  • US 10,336,226 B2
  • Filed: 02/23/2017
  • Issued: 07/02/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of fastening a listing bead to a fastener strip, the method comprising:

  • grasping a tool having a body and a guide rib extending from the body, the guide rib having a neck and a head connected to the body by the neck, the body defining a guiding recess shaped to receive the listing bead;

    inserting the head of the guide rib into a retention channel defined between opposing rows of fastener elements extending from a base of the fastener strip, with the guiding recess defining a listing bead insertion path angled with respect to the retention channel; and

    moving the tool along the retention channel, thereby causing the listing bead retained within the guiding recess to be progressively inserted into the retention channel and retained between the rows of fastener elements.

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