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Fastener assembly with peripheral seal

  • US 5,766,723 A
  • Filed: 11/12/1996
  • Issued: 06/16/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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.

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