US 11,986,063 B2
Male touch fastener elements
Luis Parellada Armela, Palafrugell (ES); Christopher M. Gallant, Nottingham, NH (US); James L. Tardiff, Manchester, NH (US); and Mark A. Clarner, Hopkinton, NH (US)
Assigned to Velcro IP Holdings LLC, Manchester, NH (US)
Filed by Velcro IP Holdings LLC, Manchester, NH (US)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/388,944.
Application 18/388,944 is a continuation of application No. 17/567,188, filed on Jan. 3, 2022.
Application 17/567,188 is a continuation of application No. 16/699,790, filed on Dec. 2, 2019, granted, now 11,246,380, issued on Feb. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/774,459, filed on Dec. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0074544 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. A44B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A44B 18/0019 (2013.01) [A44B 18/0011 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A male touch fastener product, comprising
a resin surface;
an array of spaced-apart male touch fastener elements carried on the surface, each touch fastener element comprising
a stem extending from the surface; and
a head disposed at a distal end of the stem, and forming with the stem and the surface a contiguous mass of resin, the head extending laterally from the stem to a distal edge overhanging the surface;
wherein the product exhibits a micro-texture coarseness, as measured herein on the array, of between 20 and 30.