Patent ID: 6040033
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: B32B,B65B,B65D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An elongate web having a length and a width comprising a multiplicity of fastener tape segments connected to said web at longitudinally spaced intervals and extending substantially perpendicularly to said web length;each of said fastener tape segments including a flexible interlocked fastener comprising a bottom fastener element and a top fastener element disposed on said bottom fastener element;said bottom fastener element having a lip extending in a first longitudinal direction and a flange extending in a direction opposite to said first longitudinal direction, said lip being sealed to said web along a lip seal;said top fastener element having a flange extending in said direction opposite to said first longitudinal direction and being substantially free of any extension in said first longitudinal direction wherein said top and bottom fastener elements and flanges are longitudinally spaced from said lip seal in said direction opposite to said first longitudinal direction and are unconnected to said web.