Patent ID: 7373699

Claim:
A strip-form touch fastener component comprising a resin base having a front surface from which an array of fastener elements project, each fastener element having a stem extending contiguously from the front surface of the base and formed of resin forming at least a portion of the base; and a head disposed on the stem above the base and forming an overhang for releasably engaging fibrous loops; and a reinforcing fabric on a side of the resin base opposite the fastener elements, the fabric comprising two distinct layers of yarns, including an anchor layer facing the resin base and comprising filaments embedded within resin of the base to anchor the fabric to the base; and an outer layer comprising float filament sections extending generally along an outer surface of a back side of the fastener component, such sections connected to the back side of the fastener component only at their ends, and otherwise lying against the back side of the fastener component.