Patent ID: 6551539
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: A44B,B29C,B29L,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of forming a releasable strap of hook and loop material, the strap having a hook side and a loop side, the hooks being formed of synthetic resin on a mold roll defining a multiplicity of hook mold cavities, the method comprisingproviding a mold roll having at least one relatively wide hook molding region over which hook mold cavities are distributed; utilizing the mold roll to form a continuous sheet of material having on one side a wide band of loop-engageable hooks, while loops are on the opposite side of the material; and repeatedly cutting the material at an angle to the machine direction to form cuts extending across said wide band, the cuts defining adjacent side edges of elongated straps having hook-engageable loops on one side and, on the other side, a main length portion covered with hooks.