Patent ID: 7246416
Filing Date: 2007-07-24
Classification: A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A slidingly engageable fastening device comprising: a first portion that includes: a second portion, for slidingly engaging with said first portion upon application of a relative shearing force with respect to said first and second portions, said second portion including: wherein said undercut segments associated with each said island are separated by intervening said stem segments and include undersides spaced from said second basal surface, and wherein edges of said undercut segments are oblique to the edges of said undercut segments associated with adjacent said islands, and further wherein said sidewalls and undersides are configured to provide a generally tapered aperture for progressively receiving adjacent pairs of said first undercut segments between said sidewalls, said undersides, and the plane of said second basal surface, so as to connect and interlock said first portion with said second portion upon application of said relative shearing force.