US 12,274,333 B2
Forming and applying a mated fastener assembly
Enric Rodon Viñals, Mataro (ES); Jose Manuel Sampaio Camacho, Parede (PT); and Luis Parellada Armela, Girona (ES)
Assigned to Velcro IP Holdings LLC, Manchester, NH (US)
Appl. No. 17/059,174
Filed by Velcro IP Holdings LLC, Manchester, NH (US)
PCT Filed May 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/063893
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 25, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/229100, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/678,331, filed on May 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0212416 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. B65B 51/04 (2006.01); A44B 18/00 (2006.01); B65D 77/12 (2006.01); B65H 18/28 (2006.01)
CPC A44B 18/0073 (2013.01) [A44B 18/0011 (2013.01); A44B 18/0015 (2013.01); B65B 51/04 (2013.01); B65D 77/12 (2013.01); B65H 18/28 (2013.01); B65H 2701/19404 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mechanical touch fastener assembly comprising:
a first longitudinally continuous tape carrying a series of first fastener patches on a surface thereof, the first patches arranged in a row along a length of the first tape and carrying a field of first touch fastening features on a surface opposite the first tape, each first patch longitudinally spaced from adjacent first patches such that the first tape surface is exposed between the first patches; and
a second longitudinally continuous tape carrying a series of second fastener patches on a surface thereof, the second patches arranged in a row along a length of the second tape and carrying a field of second touch fastening features on a surface opposite the second tape, each second patch longitudinally spaced from adjacent second patches such that the second tape surface is exposed between the second patches;
wherein the first tape comprises a first release liner covering adhesive surfaces of the first fastener patches, and the second tape comprises a second release liner covering adhesive surfaces of the second fastener patches, the first and second tapes being wound together to form a roll, with each of the first fastener patches releasably engaged to a respective one of the second fastener patches by inter-engagement of the first and second touch fastening features, and with the engaged fastener patches disposed between the first and second release liners; and
wherein as wound to form the roll, one patch of an engaged pair of first and second fastener patches has a leading edge disposed behind a leading edge of another patch of the engaged pair of first and second fastener patches, in an unwind direction of the roll.