Patent ID: 8685194
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: A44B,B29C,B29L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of making a laminated touch fastener, the method comprising: introducing a flexible substrate to a resin applicator; applying flowable resin to a limited region of a surface of the substrate: and molding the applied resin to form a plurality of defined structures extending from a layer of the applied resin, wherein the substrate surface, as the substrate is introduced to the resin applicator, has a surface characteristic that varies across the surface, the surface comprising both a first region and a second region adjacent the first region, the surface characteristic, varying to a greater degree within the second region then within the first region, wherein the flowable resin is applied within the first region, and wherein the resin is applied such that an edge of the resin layer is disposed within, and adjacent an exposed portion of, the first region of the substrate surface.