Patent ID: 6062384
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: B65C,G09F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A structure comprising a collection of a plurality of fasteners, each said fastener including a head part, a filament that is connected to said head part, and a crossbar that is provided on a first end of said filament that is opposite from a second end that is connected to said head, and that is approximately perpendicular to said filament, wherein each of said fasteners is connected to a common linear support element via a linking section that is an extension of said filament that crosses over said crossbar so that said head parts and said crossbars of each of said fasteners are mutually parallel, said structure being configured and arranged such that a force required to bend said common linear support element along a plane formed by a group of said filaments is smaller than a force required to bend said fastener structure in other directions, and wherein said common linear support element further includes therein a plurality of apertures located intermittently in the longitudinal direction thereof.