SCREEN PRINTING METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A REFASTENABLE MECHANICAL FASTENING SYSTEM AND FASTENING SYSTEM PRODUCED THEREFROM

摘要

THE INVENTION IS A REFASTENABLE MECHANICAL FASTENING SYSTEM, MADE OF FREE FORMED PRONGS JOINED TO A SUBSTRATE. THE PRONGS TAPER AND ARE NONPERPENDICULARLY ORIENTED RELATIVE TO THE PLANE OF THE SUBSTRATE. THE PRONGS MAY ALSO HAVE AN AZIMUTHAL ANGLE RELATIVE TO THE MACHINE DIRECTION OF THE SUBSTRATE. EACH PRONG HAS AN ENGAGING MEANS PROJECTING LATERALLY FROM THE PERIPHERY OFTHE PRONG. THE FREE FORMED PRONGS ARE MANUFACTURED BY THE PROCESS OF EXTRUDING LIQUID MATERIAL THROUGH THE MESHES OF A DEPOSTING MEMBER ONTO A MOVING SUBSTRATE TO FORM THE BASE OF THE PRONG, STRETCHING THE LIQUID MATERIAL IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO THE PLANE OF THE SUBSTRATE, SEVERING THE STRETCHED MATERIAL TO FORM THE DISTAL END AND ENGAGING MEANS OF THE PRONG. THE ADVANTAGEOUS USAGE OF THE FASTENING SYSTEM IN AN ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE, SUCH AS A DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE SPECIFICALLY A DIAPER, IS ALSO DISCLOSED.FIGURE 4