Patent ID: 7909393

Claim:
A riser/spacer device for use with a reclosable fastener, comprising, in combination: a reclosable fastener having a predetermined overall height, and selectively closable and releasable first and second mating portions; said reclosable fastener comprises strips of flexible plastic covered with interlocking heads which fasten securely when pressed together; a first rigid, one-piece, non-deformable, non-flexible riser/spacer member having a rectangular parallelepiped shape with a pair of parallel rectangular tubular hollow portions extending therethrough; said first mating portion of said reclosable fastener being secured to a first major planar surface of said first rigid, one-piece, non-deformable, non-flexible riser/spacer member; a first acrylic foam tape member secured to a second major planar surface of said first rigid, one-piece, non-deformable, non-flexible riser/spacer member; said second major planar surface is parallel to and opposite said first major planar surface; said first acrylic foam tape member extends beyond said first rigid, one-piece, non-deformable, non-flexible riser/spacer member to provide wing portions on both ends of said first rigid, one-piece, non-deformable, non-flexible riser/spacer member; a second rigid, one-piece, non-deformable, non-flexible riser/spacer member having a rectangular parallelepiped shape with a pair of parallel rectangular tubular hollow portions extending therethrough; said second mating portion of said reclosable fastener being secured to a first major planar surface of said second rigid, one-piece, non-deformable, non-flexible riser/spacer member; a second acrylic foam tape member secured to a second major planar surface of said second rigid, one-piece, non-deformable, non-flexible riser/spacer member; said second major planar surface of said second riser/spacer member is parallel to and opposite said first major planar surface of said second riser/spacer member; when said strips of flexible plastic covered with interlocking heads are fastened securely pressed together, the overall height of all of the above-mentioned components is determined by a gap to be filled between first and second substrates; said first acrylic foam tape member is secured to said first substrate; and said second acrylic foam tape member is secured to said second substrate.