US 12,317,967 B2
Making 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 Feb. 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/430,182.
Application 18/430,182 is a division of application No. 18/388,944, filed on Nov. 13, 2023, granted, now 11,986,063.
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 2024/0225206 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A44B 18/00 (2006.01); B29C 43/22 (2006.01); B29C 43/46 (2006.01)
CPC A44B 18/0019 (2013.01) [A44B 18/0011 (2013.01); A44B 18/0049 (2013.01); B29C 43/222 (2013.01); B29C 2043/465 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of forming a male touch fastener product, the method comprising
pressing moldable resin into respective molding cavities defined in a mold against which mold a resin base surface is formed,
solidifying the pressed resin in the molding cavities, and then
stripping the solidified resin from the cavities as stems with associated heads disposed at distal ends of the stems and overhanging the base surface;
wherein the heads have distal edges comprising multiple toes extending laterally outward at the edges, with adjacent toes having facing, non-molded, free-form resin surfaces defining crevices therebetween.