US 12,458,113 B2
Fastener tape
Jonathan Verstraete, Lendelede (BE); Johan Marie Albert Lecluyse, Deurle (BE); and Terry Bernard Jacques Raepsaet, Harelbeke (BE)
Assigned to Velcro IP Holdings LLC, Manchester, NH (US)
Filed by Velcro IP Holdings LLC, Manchester, NH (US)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/336,579.
Application 17/336,579 is a continuation of application No. 16/423,241, filed on May 28, 2019, abandoned.
Application 16/423,241 is a continuation of application No. 15/201,820, filed on Jul. 5, 2016, granted, now 10,349,707, issued on Jul. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0282508 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A44B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A44B 18/003 (2013.01) [A44B 18/0042 (2013.01); A44B 18/0049 (2013.01); A44B 18/0069 (2013.01); A44B 18/0073 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fastener comprising:
a flexible base sheet; and
an array of discrete fastener elements projecting from a broad side of the base sheet, each fastener element comprising a stem extending from the base sheet and a head at a distal end of the stem, the head overhanging the base sheet on multiple sides of the stem and spaced from all adjacent fastener element heads;
wherein the heads of the discrete fastener elements are arranged in a pattern of hexagonal groupings of fastener element heads bordering central regions void of fastener element heads, with each fastener element head spaced from edges of the array being part of three adjacent groupings.