Fastener assembly with peripheral seal
First Claim
1. A fastener assembly capable of being molded into a foam cushion in a mold having a trench, the fastener assembly comprising:
- (i) a backing layer and (ii) a fastening layer opposed to one another, the backing layer comprising anchor means to secure the fastener assembly to the cushion, the fastening layer comprising a touch fastening surface having exposed fasteners and spaced inwardly from the marginal edges of the fastening layer to define a peripheral margin around the fastening layer, said peripheral margin being substantially free of fasteners, and (iii) a mold surface-engaging continuous foam seal disposed on the entire peripheral margin and having a continuous flat surface of substantially uniform height dimension to contact an entire outside of the mold trench to provide a continuous seal around the trench from the cushion foam, the foam seal being compressible and flexible and having an Indentation Force Deflection, when measure pursuant to ASTM D3574-95, in the range of from about 10 to about 1000 poundsnforce.
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Abstract
A fastener assembly capable of being molded into a cushion, the fastener assembly comprising: (i) a backing layer and (ii) a fastening layer opposed to one another, the backing layer comprising anchor means to secure the fastener assembly to the cushion, the fastening layer comprising a touch fastening surface spaced inwardly from the marginal edges of the fastening layer to define a peripheral margin around the fastening layer, and (iii) a foam seal disposed on the peripheral margin, the foam seal having an Indentation Force Deflection, when measured pursuant to ASTM D3574-95, in the range of from about 10 to about 1000 pounds.force. A process for producing the fastener assembly and a cushion describing the fastener assembly are also disclosed.
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28 Claims
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1. A fastener assembly capable of being molded into a foam cushion in a mold having a trench, the fastener assembly comprising:
(i) a backing layer and (ii) a fastening layer opposed to one another, the backing layer comprising anchor means to secure the fastener assembly to the cushion, the fastening layer comprising a touch fastening surface having exposed fasteners and spaced inwardly from the marginal edges of the fastening layer to define a peripheral margin around the fastening layer, said peripheral margin being substantially free of fasteners, and (iii) a mold surface-engaging continuous foam seal disposed on the entire peripheral margin and having a continuous flat surface of substantially uniform height dimension to contact an entire outside of the mold trench to provide a continuous seal around the trench from the cushion foam, the foam seal being compressible and flexible and having an Indentation Force Deflection, when measure pursuant to ASTM D3574-95, in the range of from about 10 to about 1000 poundsnforce. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A cushion comprising a substrate body and a fastener assembly capable of being molded into a surface of the cushion in a mold having a trench, the fastener assembly comprising:
(i) a backing layer and (ii) a fastening layer opposed to one another, the backing layer comprising anchor means to secure the fastener assembly to the cushion, the fastening layer comprising a touch fastening surface having exposed fasteners and spaced inwardly from the marginal edges of the fastening layer to define a peripheral margin around the fastening layer, said peripheral margin being substantially free of fasteners, and (iii) a mold surface-engaging continuous foam seal disposed on the entire peripheral margin and having a continuous flat surface of substantially uniform height dimension to contact an entire outside of the mold trench to provide a continuous seal around the trench from the cushion foam, the foam seal being compressible and flexible and having an Indentation Force Deflection, when measure pursuant to ASTM D3574-95, in the range of from about 10 to about 1000 poundsnforce.
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