Patent ID: 6953452
Filing Date: 2005-10-11
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A garment for personal wear, comprising: a body having first and second end regions; a mechanical fastening system disposed on the body, the mechanical fastening system comprising: a multi-directional stretchable loop fastening component disposed in the first end region of the body, said loop fastening component comprising a nonwoven loop material secured to an elastomeric substrate, said loop fastening component being extensible during use in first and second substantially perpendicular directions generally within the plane of said loop fastening component and being elastomeric during use in at least one of said first and second directions, and a hook fastening component disposed in the second end region of the garment body and comprising a hook material adapted to refastenably engage the multi-directional stretchable loop fastening component; wherein the loop fastening component and the hook fastening component provide shear strength values of less than 3900 grams in each of said first and second directions.