Patent ID: 7429415

Claim:
A method of applying an adhesive fastener element, comprising the steps of: forming an adhesive fastener element with a support strip having first and second opposite sides and having longitudinal edges, interlocking elements mounted on the support strip and extending from the first side, and first and second cover strips mounted on and covering the second side, the first cover strip being wider than the support strip and having first free longitudinal edge areas extending on both sides thereof beyond the longitudinal edges of the support strip and at angles in a range of 20 to 45 degrees relative to a horizontal base thereof, the second cover strip being mounted on a side of the first cover strip remote from the support strip, being wider than the support strip and having second free longitudinal edge areas extending beyond the longitudinal side edges of said support strip and at angles in a range of 30 to 60 degrees relative to a horizontal base thereof; and introducing the adhesive fastener element into a channel-shaped foam injection tool with the first free edge areas contacting inside surfaces of side walls of the tool and with the second free edge areas extending at least to some extent over and on free ends of the side walls.