Patent ID: 6959709
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: A62B,B01D

Abstract:
1. A method of attaching a component to a web of material comprising filtration material, the method comprising the steps of: providing a web comprising a layer of filtration material, the web having first and second major surfaces and an opening provided through it; providing a component that comprises a component base portion and a deformable extension member that extends from the base to a tip; inserting the extension member tip first through the opening in the web material and contacting a surface of the component base portion against the first major surface of the web material with the extension member extending through the opening; and then deforming the extension member back toward the component base portion so that at least a surface of the extension member abuts against the second major surface of the web material and, along with the contact of the surface of the component base portion and the first major surface of the web material, clamps the component in fluid-tight relationship to the web material.