Patent ID: 7273648

Claim:
An article comprising: a base substrate having a first side and a second side; a plurality of receiving loop yarns extending from the first side of said base substrate, the receiving loop yarns comprising a multi-filament yarn; and, a plurality of stiff loop yarns extending from the first side of said base substrate, each of said plurality of stiff loop yarns comprising a monofilament yarn having a denier per filament of at least about 10 denier per filament greater than the multi-filament yarns of the receiving loop yarns, wherein the stiff loop yarns are stiffer than the receiving loop yarns, and; wherein the receiving loop yarns and the stiff loop yarns originate at the same origination location on the first side of the base substrate and return to the first side of the base substrate at the same return location to form first receiving loops and first stiff loops, wherein the origination location and the return location for each first receiving and first stiff loop are separated by about 0.1 to 5 millimeters along the base substrate, and wherein the first stiff loops are higher than and separate from the first receiving loops.