Patent ID: 6393673
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: A44B,A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
A mechanical fastening element comprising a multiplicity of flexible hook elements emanating from a backing layer (1) and comprising stems (2) terminating in hook heads (3), said fastening element being releasably engagable with a complementary mechanical fastening element, top portions of at least some hook heads (3) and/or at least part of interstitial spaces (4) between stems (2) of said hook elements being coated with a hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive (5) so that the level of the adhesive in the interstitial spaces (4), where present, does not exceed the length to the stems (2), and so that essentially no adhesive bridges are present between adjacent hook heads (3), said hot-melt pressure sensitive adhesive (5) having a viscosity as measured at the coating temperature of between 2,000 and 18,000 mPa-s.