Separable fasteners for attachment to other objects

• US 5,061,540 A
• Filed: 01/25/1990
• Issued: 10/29/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Velcro Industries BV (Chartwell Industries Ltd)
• Original Assignee: Velcro Industries BV (Chartwell Industries Ltd)
• Inventors: Morse, Andrew, Cripps, Humphrey, Kennedy, William J., Rocha, Gerald F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Thomas, Alexander S.
• Application Number:
  US07/470,128
• Time in Patent Office: 642 Days
• Field of Search: 428/100, 428/120, 428/192, 428/900, 428/182, 24/442, 24/444
• US Class Current: 428/100
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 18/0076 Adaptations for being fixed to a moulded article during moulding
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 33/0044 for sealing off parts of inserts projecting into the mould cavity
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 33/16 using magnetic means
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 44/1271 the preformed parts being partially covered
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/5833 by hook-and-loop type fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 428/90 Magnetic feature
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/2725 with feature facilitating, enhancing, or causing attachment of filament mounting surface to support therefor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24017 Hook or barb
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24182 Inward from edge of web or sheet
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24694 Parallel corrugations
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24777 Edge feature

Abstract

A strip of fastener material adapted for securing to the surface of a foam bun during molding, carries on a first surface an area of outwardly extending elements constituting one half of a touch fastening system. The first surface is arranged to be positioned so that it faces into a trough in a mold wall and this first surface is provided with a pair of elongated flexible sealing lips adjacent the edges of the area. Magnetizable means are also carried by the strip and the fastener strip has portions extending laterally beyond the sealing lips and beyond the edges of the trough in the mold wall.

Claims

1. In a strip of unitary extruded fastener material adapted for securing to the surface of a foam bun during molding, wherein the fastener strip carries on a first surface an area of outwardly extending integral elements constituting hooks for a touch fastening system, and wherein said first surface is arranged to be positioned so that it faces into a trough in a mold wall, the improvement wherein the strip of material carries on said first surface a pair of integral elongated flexible sealing lips adjacent the edges of said area, magnetizable means secured to a second surface of the strip, the fastener strip having integral portions extending laterally beyond the sealing lips and beyond the edges of the trough in the mold wall, and transverse sealing means extending across the strip at predetermined locations.

2. The fastener strip of claim 1, wherein said transverse sealing means is an integrally formed transverse flexible sealing lip.

3. The fastener strip of claim 1 wherein said transverse sealing means is a separate piece of foam secured to that surface of the strip containing the hooks, said foam piece spanning the distance between said flexible lips.

4. The fastener strip of claim 3, wherein the foam piece extends above the lips and is compressible by the attraction of a mold-mounted magnet to a height less than the height of the lips.

5. The fastener strip of claim 14 wherein the foam piece is secured to the first surface by said hooks.

6. In a strip of fastener material adapted for securing to the surface of a foam bun during molding, wherein the fastener strip carries on a first surface an area of outwardly extending hook elements constituting one half of a touch fastening system, and wherein said first surface is arranged to be positioned so that it faces into a trough in a mold wall, the improvement wherein the strip of material carries on said first surface a sealing means adjacent the edges of said area, said sealing means comprising a piece of foam thicker than said hook elements and secured to said strip by said hook elements, magnetizable means carried by the strip, the fastener strip having portions extending laterally beyond the sealing means and beyond the edges of the trough in the mold wall.

7. In a strip of fastener material adapted for securing to the surface of a foam bun during molding, wherein the fastener strip carries on a first surface an area of outwardly extending elements constituting one half of a touch fastening system, and wherein said first surface is arranged to be positioned so that it faces into a trough in a mold wall, the improvement wherein the strip of material carries on said first surface a pair of integrally formed elongated flexible sealing lips adjacent the edges of said area, magnetizable means carried by the strip, the fastener strip having portions extending laterally beyond the sealing lips and beyond the edges of the trough in a mold wall, the magnetizable means carried by the strip being a magnetizable metal strip carried on the back of the fastener strip having corrugations running transversely of the metal strip.

8. In a strip of fastener material adapted for securing to the surface of a foam bun during molding, wherein the fastener strip carries on a first surface an area of outwardly extending elements constituting one half of a touch fastening system, and wherein said first surface is arranged to be positioned so that it faces into a trough in a mold wall, the improvement wherein the strip of material is molded and carries on said first surface a pair of integrally formed elongated flexible sealing lips adjacent the edges of said area, magnetizable means carried by the strip, the fastening elements being integrally formed hooks, and the flexible sealing lips being longer than the hooks, the fastener strip having flexible integral foam engaging portions extending laterally beyond the sealing lips and beyond the edges of the trough in the mold wall, the magnetizable means carried by the strip being a magnetizable metal strip carried on the back of the fastener strip, the magnetizable strip having corrugations running transversely of the metal strip.

9. In a strip fastener material adapted for securing to the surface of a foam bun during molding, wherein the fastener strip carries on a first surface an area of outwardly extending elements constituting one half of a touch fastening system, and wherein said first surface is arranged to be positioned so that it faces into a trough in a mold wall, the improvement wherein the strip of material carries on said first surface a pair of elongated flexible sealing lips adjacent the edges of said area, magnetizable means carried by the strip, the fastener strip having portions extending laterally beyond the sealing lips and beyond the edges of the trough in the mold wall, said laterally extending portions including relatively flexible foam engaging elements, having enlarged ends which can be buried in the foam, said enlarged ends having openings therein.

10. In a strip fastener material adapted for securing to the surface of a foam bun during molding, wherein the fastener strip carries on a first surface an area of outwardly extending elements constituting one half of a touch fastening system, and wherein said first surface is arranged to be positioned so that it faces into a trough in a mold wall, the improvement wherein the strip of material carries on said first surface a pair of elongated flexible sealing lips adjacent the edges of said area, magnetizable means carried by the strip, the fastener strip having portions extending laterally beyond the sealing lips and beyond the edges of the trough in the mold wall, said laterally extending portions including relatively flexible foam engaging elements, having enlarged ends which can be buried in the foam, each end of the strip having a transverse foam piece which spans the lips at the ends of the trough.

11. The fastener strip of claim 10, wherein the foam piece extends above the lips and is compressible by the attraction of a mold-mounted magnet to a height less than the height of the lips.