Patent ID: 8256068

Claim:
A microhook and loop fastening and detaching assembly comprising: a. a flexible web including a plurality of malleable loops attached to the web; b. the web having a plurality of hooks attached thereto, said loops adapted to removably engage said hooks; c. the hooks and loops arrayed back to back on opposite surfaces of the web; d. said hooks equidistantly arrayed in a plurality of linear rows on the web, said linear rows extending across the width of the web, a first predetermined space disposed widthwise between adjacent hooks in each said linear row, said hooks arrayed in a staggered manner relative to the hooks of each adjacent linear row, each adjacent linear row located in a direction along the length of the web, with each hook in a first widthwise row having a lengthwise centerline located between the centerlines of a pair of hooks in an adjacent second widthwise row, a second predetermined lengthwise space disposed between hooks in each adjacent row; e. said second predetermined lengthwise space being greater than said first predetermined widthwise space; f. said first and second predetermined spaces adapted to receive a plurality of said loops upon fastening said assembly.