Patents Assigned to Velcro Industries
  • Injection molding fastener products
    Patent number: 6059558
    Abstract: Injection molding fastener element products employing a series of laterally moveable mold plates that define, in part, mold cavities for fastener elements. The laterally moveable mold plates move into open spaces provided by mold plates that retract or project in a direction normal to the base of the fastener product. This at least partially opens the fastener cavities to release the fastener elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Velcro Industries
    Inventors: Keith G. Buzzell, William Clune, Andrew C. Harvey, Kevin E. Keough