Patent ID: 6598276
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: A44B,A61F,D04H,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of forming a fastener product having loops at an exposed front surface for hook-and-loop fastening, employing as a starting material a nonwoven web of fibers of substantial tenacity that are capable of forming said loops, the web having a front and back surface, the steps of:stretching the nonwoven web at least 10 percent in a first direction of extent of the nonwoven web, stretching the nonwoven web at least 10 percent in a second direction of extent of the nonwoven web, the second direction lying substantially perpendicular to the first direction so that the nonwoven web is in a state of being stretched at least 10 percent in each of two directions, and stabilizing the web in its said stretched state under conditions in which loops formed by said fibers of said nonwoven material are exposed in hook-engageable position at least at said front surface.