Patent ID: 6223401
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
An article comprising:a first mating surface fastener portion comprising a land and a plurality of tapered elements, wherein the tapered elements have a free end and a base and wherein the taper of the elements extends for most of the length of the elements such that the free end is narrower than the base and the free end is the narrowest part of the tapered element, wherein the fastener portion is capable of reattachably and matingly intermeshing with a second mating surface fastener portion of a second article to fasten the respective articles, wherein the fastener portions, having been intermeshed, have a predetermined disengagement pressure for a given engagement pressure;a surface to which the land is attached, wherein the surface is at least semi-rigid; andmeans for attaching the land to the surface, wherein the means for attaching has a compliance that is no greater than 0.381 cm.