US 12,471,681 B2
Fastener tape, method for identifying same, method for manufacturing same, and slide fastener set
Yuichi Miyazaki, Toyama (JP); Shigeto Takahashi, Toyama (JP); Hiromi Aoshima, Toyama (JP); and Hisanori Ogasawara, Toyama (JP)
Assigned to YKK CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by YKK CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/889,238.
Application 18/889,238 is a division of application No. 17/613,469, abandoned, previously published as PCT/JP2019/025015, filed on Jun. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2025/0009077 A1, Jan. 9, 2025
Int. Cl. A44B 19/34 (2006.01); D03D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A44B 19/346 (2013.01) [D03D 1/00 (2013.01); D10B 2501/0631 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of identifying a fastener tape including threads with an attribute, the method comprising:
observing a weave repeat of an identification region of a first fastener tape, the identification region being woven by plural warp threads and at least one weft thread;
determining that the observed weave repeat matches a first weave repeat in a correspondence table; and
identifying that threads of the first fastener tape are with a first attribute based on correspondence between the first weave repeat and the first attribute in the correspondence table,
wherein the first attribute indicates a sub-attribute subdivided from a main attribute of environmentally friendly characteristic.