HOOK FASTENER AND METHOD OF MAKING

摘要

THE PRESENT INVENTION IS DIRECTED AT A HOOK MECHANICAL FASTENER/FIBROUS COMPOSITE COMPRISING HOOK ELEMENTS ON HOOK CONTAINING BACKING ELEMENTS OR A NETTING EMBEDDED IN A FIBROUS WEB. THE HOOK ELEMENTS (72) PREFERABLY ARE ON BACKING ELEMENTS (40) THAT ARE CONNECTED OR INTEGRAL AND CAN BE STRANDS (78) ORIENTED AT ANGLES TO EACH OTHER IN A NET FORM. THE BACKING ELEMENTS GENERALLY HAVE A FIRST OUTER FACE AND A SECOND OUTER FACE. THE BACKING ELEMENTS ON AT LEAST ONE OF THE FIRST OR SECOND OUTER FACES HAVE A PLURALITY OF HOOK ELEMENTS. THE HOOK CONTAINING BACKING ELEMENTS (40) ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN A FIBROUS WEB, PREFERABLY BY HYDROENTANGLING THE FIBERS AROUND THE BACKING ELEMENT, PREFERABLY WITHOUT USE OF AUXILIARY ATTACHMENT MEANS SUCH AS ADHESIVES OR POINT BONDING.FIG. 6