LONGITUDINAL BEAD MOLDING
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Abstract
An edge-beaded fastener product such as a cushion cover tie-down has a molded profile bead secured to and extending along a flexible strip adjacent a longitudinal edge of the strip. The profile bead has a shoulder or an inboard sidewall extending away from the strip, such as for retaining a clip or hog ring. The flexible strip may have a reinforced region, inboard of the shoulder, in which resin contiguous with resin forming the profile bead encapsulates surface features of the strip. The product is made by molding resin directly onto the strip. Multiple lanes of resin may be molded on a single substrate, which is severed to form individual strips with severed, exposed strip edges.
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38 Claims
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19. An edge-beaded fastener product comprising:
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an elongated, flexible strip having opposite longitudinal edges; and a molded profiled bead secured to and extending along the flexible strip adjacent one of the longitudinal edges of the strip, the profiled bead having an inboard sidewall extending away from the strip, wherein the flexible strip has a reinforced region, inboard of the inboard sidewall of the profiled bead, in which resin contiguous with resin forming the profiled bead encapsulates surface features of the strip, the reinforced region being of finite width and having an inboard edge spaced from the profiled bead and the longitudinal edges of the strip. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A cushion cover tie-down comprising:
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an elongated, fabric strip with opposite longitudinal edges; and a molded profile bead of resin secured to and extending along the strip adjacent one of the longitudinal edges;
the profile bead comprising an inboard sidewall extending away from the strip and disposed adjacent an exposed longitudinal edge of the strip. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37)
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38. A cushion cover tie-down comprising:
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an elongated, fabric strip with opposite longitudinal edges; and a molded profile bead of resin secured to and extending along the strip adjacent one of the longitudinal edges; wherein the profile bead comprises an inboard sidewall extending away from the strip, and a longitudinal flange extending away from the strip and positioned inboard of the sidewall, such that the flange and sidewall define a longitudinal recess therebetween.
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Specification