Patent ID: 9334606
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: D06H,D21F,F16G,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A seaming element for seaming a first seamable edge of an industrial textile to a second seamable edge of the industrial textile, the seaming element being constructed and arranged to be affixed to the first seamable edge and comprising (i) an elongate body folded along its length at a folded connection region comprising a plurality of channelled protrusions engageable with and securable to corresponding channelled protrusions of a complementary seaming element affixed to the second seamable edge; and (ii) first and second body members extending from respective edges of the folded connection region and each having a free edge, each of the first and second body members being constructed and arranged to be directly securable to the first seamable edge, wherein the seaming element comprises at least one layer of film material; each of the first and second body members comprises a longitudinal profiled region having at least one ridge region and a plurality of shoulders, the longitudinal profiled region proximate and substantially parallel to the respective free edge; and the longitudinal profiled region of the first body member is symmetrical with the longitudinal profiled region of the second body member.