INTERLOCKING CLOSURE DEVICE HAVING IMPROVED EASE OF OCCLUSION

摘要

A male closure element comprising a U-shaped channel element including a profile portion (18) comprising a base portion (20) having a pair of spaced-apart, parallelly disposed webs (21) attached to the base portion (20) and extending therefrom, the webs (21) terminating in hooks (22) comprising hook portions (23) facing away from each other and hook projections (31) facing toward each other. The closure element may be employed with interlocking fastening devices to provide thereto improved ease of occlusion characteristics.