Patent ID: 7225510
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: A44B,A47G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A touch fastener comprising: a sheet-form base; and a plurality of hook member groupings comprising adjacent hook member groupings being separated by regions of the sheet-form base that are substantially free of hook members, each of the regions spanning a distance that is greater than a distance between adjacent hook members of the hook member groupings, wherein each of the hook members has a leading edge and a trailing edge defining therebetween an apex angle and includes a central axis bisecting the apex angle and intersecting a plane parallel to the sheet-form base, the central axes of the hook members and the plane parallel to the sheet-form base forming therebetween at least three different base angles with respect to a common base reference, and each of the central axes of the hook members residing in a common plane.