Patent ID: 6783834
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: A44B,A61F,B05D,D04H,Y10T

Abstract:
A loop component of a hook and loop fastener, the loop component comprising:a nonwoven body of fibers having a basis weight of less than about 4 ounces per square yard, the fibers forming a sheet-form base containing taut sections of fiber extending within a common plane between tightened knots of fibers, and a great multiplicity of loop formations dispersed across the base, each loop formation having a trunk of fibers drawn together by taut fibers of the base and extending from an associated knot in the common plane of the base, wherein at least some of the fibers comprising the trunk each have a thickness that undulates alone their length, and multiple hook-engageable loops formed of fibers of the trunk and extending from the trunk for engagement by hooks of a mating component.