Patents by Inventor William D. Grenier

William D. Grenier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Male Touch Fastener Element
    Publication number: 20150052710
    Abstract: A touch fastener has a base and an array of discrete fastener elements each extending from the base and together forming with the base a contiguous mass of resin. Each discrete fastener element includes a stem rising from the base, and a head overhanging the base from a front side of the stem to a distal edge, the front side of the stem, an underside of the head, and an upper surface of the base together forming, in side profile, a generally curved retention space boundary surface such that the boundary surface forms, at its innermost extent, a retention cavity defined between curvature discontinuities spaced from both the base and the distal edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Almin Idrizovic, Christopher M. Gallant, William D. Grenier
  • Male touch fastener element
    Patent number: 8898869
    Abstract: A touch fastener has a base and an array of discrete fastener elements each extending from the base and together forming with the base a contiguous mass of resin. Each discrete fastener element includes a stem rising from the base, and a head overhanging the base from a front side of the stem to a distal edge, the front side of the stem, an underside of the head, and an upper surface of the base together forming, in side profile, a generally curved retention space boundary surface such that the boundary surface forms, at its innermost extent, a retention cavity defined between curvature discontinuities spaced from both the base and the distal edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Velcro Industries B.V.
    Inventors: Almin Idrizovic, Christopher M. Gallant, William D. Grenier
  • Male touch fastener element
    Patent number: 8424172
    Abstract: A touch fastener has a base and an array of discrete fastener elements each extending from the base and together forming with the base a contiguous mass of resin. Each discrete fastener element includes a stem rising from the base, and a head overhanging the base from a front side of the stem to a distal edge, the front side of the stem, an underside of the head, and an upper surface of the base together forming, in side profile, a generally curved retention space boundary surface such that the boundary surface forms, at its innermost extent, a retention cavity defined between curvature discontinuities spaced from both the base and the distal edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Velcro Industries B.V.
    Inventors: Almin Idrizovic, Christopher M. Gallant, William D. Grenier
  • Male Touch Fastener Element
    Publication number: 20110265293
    Abstract: A touch fastener has a base and an array of discrete fastener elements each extending from the base and together forming with the base a contiguous mass of resin. Each discrete fastener element includes a stem rising from the base, and a head overhanging the base from a front side of the stem to a distal edge, the front side of the stem, an underside of the head, and an upper surface of the base together forming, in side profile, a generally curved retention space boundary surface such that the boundary surface forms, at its innermost extent, a retention cavity defined between curvature discontinuities spaced from both the base and the distal edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: VELCRO INDUSTRIES B.V.
    Inventors: Almin Idrizovic, Christopher M. Gallant, William D. Grenier