WEARABLE ARTICLE WITH EXTENSIBLE FASTENING MEMBER HAVING STRESS DISTRIBUTION FEATURES AND/OR FASTENING COMBINATION PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS, AND METHOD OF TESTING AND SELECTING FASTENING COMBINATION PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS

摘要

A method for measuring the force necessary to separate a sample of a hooks fastener component from engagement with a loops component is disclosed. The method includes the steps of engaging respective samples of the hooks material and loops material along a plane of engagement, displacing them in a shear direction parallel with the plane of engagement, pulling them apart on a tensile tester in a direction orthogonal to the plane of engagement, until disengaged, and measuring the pulling force exerted during the pulling step. A wearable article having a combination of hooks fastener and loops material landing zone is also disclosed, wherein the hooks fastener and loops material are selected using the disclosed method.