Abstract: A shoe tassel retainer device for use with a shoe having a flap overlying at least a part of the arch of the shoe, and at least one tassel proximate the flap. A first loop member includes a detachable attachment for adjustably fitting the first loop member over the arch of said shoe and retaining the flap. A second loop member has a portion extending from one end attached to the first loop member to its other end attached to the first loop member. One or both of the elastic loop members may be elastic. The one end of the second loop may be permanently attached to the first loop member and the other end of the second loop may be detachably attached to said the loop member, whereby the portion of the second loop member is adapted to detachably retain the tassel.

Abstract: A thin plastic card, with passive and aggressive Velcro patches on the front and back, FIG. 1,3 and FIG. 1,4 respectively, is connected to a spring-loaded reel mechanism FIG. 1,1 which contains a retractable cord FIG. 1,8. Said reel mechanism is attached to the person as evidenced in FIG. 3,1. The plastic card FIG. 1,2, is then extended by pulling on the retractable cord in FIG. 1,8 of the reel mechanism. When fully extended, FIG. 4, and passive and aggressive Velcro on the glove is mated and attached to the corresponding passive and aggressive Velcro on the plastic card. Once secured, the golf glove is returned to its resting position on the hip, FIG. 3,11.

Abstract: A surface fastener molded of synthetic resin comprises a substrate sheet, a multiplicity of engaging elements standing on a front surface of the substrate sheet, and continuous ribs integrally formed on a rear surface opposite to an engaging surface of the substrate sheet.

Abstract: The invention is a strap for enhancing one's grip on a golf club. To use the strap one places on a golf glove and grips the club. Then one takes the strap which is a piece of material approximately 17 inches long with loop material of hook and loop fabric on the bottom and hook material of hook and loop fabric on the top and virtually "sandwiches" the end of the strap in to the hook and loop material of the glove, giving a solid attachment between the two. Then one begins wrapping the strap around the hand almost perpendicular to the arm and then continues wrapping upward over the little and ring finger and attaches the hook material on the top of the strap to the loop material on the bottom of the strap. This wrapping around the hand enhances one's grip on the club.

Abstract: A fitting for an appliance such as a sink extends between an anchor means (16,112) on the appliance and another anchor means (32,114) on a worktop. The appliance can be fitted easily to the worktop, and can aslo be removed quickly.

Abstract: A fastener assembly of the type for being molded into cushions, and including a base having first and second major surfaces defining first and second opposed ends and first and second opposed side edges. A multiplicity of attachment members are carried by the base and extend outwardly from the base for cooperating with complementary attachment members. First and second laterally-extending sealing gaps are respectively positioned adjacent the ends of the base. The sealing gaps are defined by areas of the first major surface of the base being devoid of the attachment members for permitting a sealing dam carried by a mold in which the foamed article is molded to fit into the sealing gaps and sealingly engage the first major surface of the base to form a foam-tight seal between the opposed ends of the base and the sealing dam of the mold to prevent intrusion of liquid foam past the ends of the base onto the attachment members of the base during molding of the article.

Abstract: An article carrying device releasably attachable to clothing or an accessory of a user. A clip is provided with a section of hook and loop fastening material that will releasably retain an article that has either a cooperating section of hook and loop fastening material or a texture which will be retained by said section of hook and loop fastening material. The article is releasably attached to the clip by alignment and manual pressing of the section of hook and loop fastening material on the clip and the cooperating portion of the article. The carried article is easily and quickly accessible to the user by removing from the clip by manual pulling and separation. The article carrying clip is particularly suited for retaining golf gloves when temporarily removed by a golfer, for example while putting.

Abstract: A strap to hold wires or other components permanently or semi-permanently, using a flexible high strength carrier member as the main component of the strap. The strap replaces mechanically retained wire clips. To apply the wire strap, first the back liner is removed and the adhesive or tape member is attached to a substrate. Then the main member is folded over the object to be held and is placed against adhesive, or a hook and loop fastener is employed.

Abstract: The following invention details how two surfaces can be bound together. One surface (23) contains loosely spaced pins (24) with heads (25) which can be engaged into an array of tightly packed bulbous elements (22) upon another surface (20). The pins are then retained by constraining the array in various ways. The surfaces can be released by un-constraining the array of bulbous elements. This procedure may be repeated a multitude of times.

Abstract: A new safety bar securement strap for power equipment for maintaining a motor of the power equipment in an operative orientation. The inventive device includes a handle strap having a generally rectangular configuration. The handle strap has an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper surface has a pair of male snaps thereon inwardly of an outer edge thereof. The upper surface has a pair of female snaps thereon disposed inwardly from the outer edge thereof. The handle strap wraps around a handle of a piece of power equipment with the male snaps coupling with the female snaps for securement to the handle. The upper surface has a hook and loop patch disposed thereon inwardly of the female snaps. A safety bar strap is provided having a generally rectangular configuration. An inner edge of the safety bar strap is secured to an inner edge of the handle strap. A lower surface of the safety bar strap has a plurality of hook and loop strips disposed thereon in a spaced relationship.

Abstract: A strapping assembly for ice-gripping sandal or other device which is arranged readily adjust the tightness of its connection, while enabling its rapid and easy disconnection and reconnection. The strapping assembly includes a first end strap, a bridging strap member, and a second end strap. The first end strap is secured to one side of the sole of the sandal and has a free end portion to which a ring is secured. The second end strap is fixedly secured to the other side of the sole of the sandal and has a free end portion on which a VELCRO.RTM. strip is mounted. The bridging strap includes a VELCRO.RTM. strip on one end for releasable securement to the VELCRO.RTM. strip on the second end strap to secure the bridging strap thereto. The other end of the bridging strap then becomes it free end and is arranged to be extended through the ring and secured in place by other VELCRO.RTM. strips. The connection between the first end strap and bridging strap can be readily disconnected and can be readily reconnected.

Abstract: A tie having a shapeable elongate member with alligator clips affixed to its ends. A jacket on the elongate member is of resilient material. A holder is attachable to a clip and includes tube engaging members to support the tube in place relative the patient. The holder has closure strips for tube retention. A supplemental tie is attachable to the clips on the first mentioned elongate member to assist in supporting articles adjacent the patent. A clip of the tie may be attached to the elongate member to provide an enclosure for confining two or more tubes.

Abstract: A wrist band assembly constructed of hook-and-loop fabric material. A first strap member has loop surfaces of the hook-and-loop fabric on its upper and lower sides, and the second strap member has first and second leg portions which define a gap for receiving the first strap member. The two legs of the second strap member have hook surfaces of the hook-and-loop fabric material thereon, for engaging the upper and lower sides of the first strap member when the latter is sandwiched between the two legs of the second strap member. The first strap member is preferably formed by folding a strip of the loop layer of the fabric back upon itself and bonding the two sides together while the second strap member is preferably formed by folding a strip of the hook layer of material so that the hook surfaces face one another. Sleeve portions at the folds provide connection points for attaching the wristwatch or other article.

Abstract: A closure system for any nondiposable item or device requiring high shear strength, and acceptable peel strength, in all directions includes a first closure element having a backing sheet with mushroom-shaped elements fixed to and extending from one side thereof, and a second closure element having a backing sheet with loop elements fixed to and extending from one side thereof. The loops are uniformly, randomly or irregularly oriented for engaging the mushrooms in a variety of random orientations to provide high, comparable shear strength in all directions. The mushrooms are randomly or irregularly oriented depending upon desired shear and peel strength characteristics.

Abstract: A fastening system including a male component and a female component. The male component includes a base having a first fastening surface and an opposed first nonfastening surface. The first fastening surface has a plurality of engaging elements extending, each engaging element having a proximal end adjacent the first fastening surface, a stem extending outwardly from the proximal end and distal end spaced apart from the proximal end by the stem. The female component includes a backing having a second fastening surface and an opposed second nonfastening surface; and a receiving material joined to said second fastening surface. At least a portion of the second fastening surface includes a bonding element such that when the fastening system is in a closed, fastened configuration, at least a portion of the distal end of some of the engaging elements of the male component pass through the receiving material and are joined to the second fastening surface with the bonding element.

Abstract: A fastener of the hook and loop type intended to incorporated into plastic articles by plastic molding processes is formed of a known separable fastener member having a base member and a plurality of engaging elements upstanding from one surface thereof. A vinyl plastisol, thermoplastic, or rubber encasement which intimately surrounds at least some of the individual engaging elements protects the elements when they are exposed to the harsh environment of a molding process. The fastener is placed in a mold and molded into, as an integral part thereof, a plastic part. The encasement is removable from the engaging elements after the molding process, to expose the engaging elements, without permanently deforming or substantially destroying the fastening performance thereof.

Abstract: A retainer device for holding a pair of electrical connector plugs in interconnected relation includes an elongate flexible strip formed of velcro material. The strip is of rectangular configuration and has a pair of slits in the end portions thereof. The interconnected electric plugs extend through the slits and the end portions of the strip are folded over into overlapped relation and are releasably connected together.

Abstract: A securing system includes a primary structure and a first strip of hook and loop fasteners adapted to be secured thereon. A secondary structure includes a plurality of apertures disposed therein. The plurality of apertures fit over the first strip of hook and loop fasteners when the secondary structure is placed onto the primary structure. A second strip of hook and loop fasteners is adapted for fitting over the plurality of apertures of the secondary structure and for contacting portions of the first strip of hook and loop fasteners through the plurality of apertures. The contacting of the first and second strips of hook and loop fasteners secures the primary structure to the secondary structure.

Abstract: A chest harness (10) includes a right harness piece (12) and a left harness piece (14). Right harness piece (12) includes an elongated right shoulder extension (16) and a lower torso portion (18). A narrow flap (20) is secured to the inside edge (22) of torso portion (18). On the inside face of flap (20) is secured a set of VELCRO type hooks (25) that cooperate with corresponding loops (27) on left harness piece (14). A first half (24) of a zipper (26) is secured to inside edge (22). Zipper (26) includes a handle (28), which is carried by zipper half (24). A draw cord or loop (29) is tied to handle (28). Draw cord (29) is longer than zipper (26), so that the draw cord can extend along the zipper and past the lower end of the zipper. Left harness piece (14) includes an elongated left shoulder extension (38) and a lower torso portion (40). Lower torso portion (40) includes a plastic backing plate (42) that is sufficiently wide to underlie the lower torso portion (18) of right harness piece (12).

Abstract: A fastener for a snowboard boot includes first, second and third loops with corresponding first, second and third connectors. The first connector is connected to a first side of the boot, and the second connector is attached to a second side of the boot. A strap is connected to the third connector. The strap extends from the third connector to the first loop and passes through the first loop. The strap then extends toward the second loop and passes through the second loop. Thereafter, the strap extends toward the third loop, passes through the third loop and extends toward the second loop. The strap may include a hook and loop or other type fastener for securing the free end of the strap in place.

Abstract: Molten resin is continuously extruded from an injection die or an extrusion die toward the circumferential surface of a die wheel having in its circumferential surface a multiplicity of hook-element-forming cavities and, at the same time, one or more yarns are introduced between the molten resin and the circumferential surface of the die wheel into an inter-element portion of a substrate sheet between a desired adjacent rows of hook elements in parallel to the hook element rows. The yarns are embedded in and integrally molded with the inter-element portion of the substrate sheet and at the same time, hook elements are molded on the circumferential surface of the die wheel as the hook-element-forming cavities are filled with part of the molten resin.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fastener member having a dual purpose cover sheet. The fastener member includes a base sheet, a plurality of engaging members projecting from the base sheet, a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on an opposite surface of a base sheet, and a dual purpose cover sheet. The dual purpose cover sheet protects the adhesive layer of a first fastener member, and the engaging members of a second, underlying fastener member.

Abstract: A fastener arrangement includes a first fastener member having a base sheet and a plurality of engaging members projecting from the base sheet. The fastener arrangement includes a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on a surface of a base sheet opposite of the engaging members, and a dual purpose cover sheet. The dual purpose cover sheet protects the adhesive layer of the first fastener member, and the engaging members of a second, underlying fastener member. The dual purpose cover is releasably attached to the second fastener member by fusing or by using an adhesive having a first non-tacky consistency and a second tacky consistency.

Abstract: The shoe lace safety guard is a device to cover and retain the shoe laces to prevent inadvertent snagging or other interference with the laces when wearing shoes. An inner fastener element is attached by a tab to the shoe lace at the furthest lace away from the point at which the laces are tied. The shoe laces are then tied by a bow over the inner fastener element. An outer fastener element attached at a fold is then folded over onto the inner fastener element and retained by a hook and loop material to cover and retain the laces. The outer fastener element may have hook and loop material to allow attachment of emblems, reflectors and other objects.

Abstract: An absorbent article includes a fastening system that is easy for the wearer to remove but during use is adapted to resist pop-offs caused by clothing being applied or removed over the absorbent article. The fastening system includes an interlocking fastening component with a backing substrate having a grasping section, a primary attachment section, and secondary attachment sections transversely outward from the grasping section. A plurality of upstanding engaging elements such as hooks are disposed exclusively in the primary and secondary attachment sections.

Abstract: A fastener assembly of the type for being molded into cushions, and including a base having first and second major surfaces defining first and second opposed ends and first and second opposed side edges. A multiplicity of attachment members are carried by the base and extend outwardly from the base for cooperating with complementary attachment members. First and second laterally-extending sealing gaps are respectively positioned adjacent the ends of the base. The sealing gaps are defined by areas of the first major surface of the base being devoid of the attachment members for permitting a sealing dam carried by a mold in which the foamed article is molded to fit into the sealing gaps and sealingly engage the first major surface of the base to form a foam-tight seal between the opposed ends of the base and the sealing dam of the mold to prevent intrusion of liquid foam past the ends of the base onto the attachment members of the base during molding of the article.

Abstract: A fastener and a method of fastening articles employing the fastener are provided. The fastener includes a fastener element adapted to be mated in an interlocking arrangement to a complementary fastener element. The fastener element has a plurality of mating cavities. The mating cavities include a mating surface which is adapted to interlockingly engage a mating element projecting from the complementary fastener element.

Abstract: A button-substitute fastening device for use with a companion surface fastener member, comprises: a generally-C-cross-section support body molded of thermoplastic synthetic resin and having substantially parallel first and second plates integrally joined at their one ends by a connecting portion; a multiplicity of engaging elements standing upright on an outer surface of the second plate and adapted for engagement with engaging elements of the companion surface fastener member; the first plate having on its outer surface an arbitrary ornamental design; and a pull-up tab integrally projecting outwardly from the connector in parallel to the first and second plates.

Abstract: A connector including a strap-like looping connector configured to loop and connect to itself. Strap eyelets would be utilized to improve the connector when utilized to adjustably draw together parts of an object, such as sneaker uppers, instead of using shoe laces. Also, segments of the connector are disclosed that may be used for connection as substitutes for hook and loop-type connectors, wrist watch bands for connecting objects and other parts. Also, an improved self-connecting bundle tie-type connector is disclosed. Additionally, heavy-duty designs are disclosed that may be used as emergency engine belts or general utility.

Abstract: The present invention provides means for quickly and easily attaching a balloon to an anchoring object such as a name card holder, a flag, or a garment. The preferred embodiment is comprised of a specially manufactured ribbon which is made with an attachment mechanism on one end so that the balloon can be secured to an anchoring object without complicated pins, adhesive tape or knots.

Abstract: An economical, reusable primary two mechanism fastener system useable with disposable absorbent products is provided. The fastening system comprises a first and second fastening portion. The first fastener portion comprises a hook fastening material and a first cohesive portion. The second fastening portion comprises a nonwoven fibrous portion engageable with the hook fastening material and a second cohesive portion engageable with the first cohesive portion. The hook fastening material has base and hook surface areas. Various embodiments of the first fastening portion include the first cohesive portion being coated on a portion of the hook fastening material. For example, the cohesive may be coated on the base surface area alone, the hook surface area alone or a portion of both the hook and surface area portions.

Abstract: A fastener having a first member and a second member, each member having structured surfaces thereon. The first member has two major surfaces oppositely disposed, at least a portion of each major surface having structured surfaces. The second member has at least one major surface having a structured surface. The first member is fastened to the second member when the two major surfaces of the first member are disposed between the structured surface of the second member and the elements of the structured surfaces bend and twist as well as frictionally adhere during attachment.

Abstract: A device and associated method for retaining an endotracheal tube in a set position during a period of intubation. The device includes a tubular element that extends at least partially into the mouth of the patient being intubated. The tubular element has an interior surface upon which is affixed a first piece of hook and loop fastening material. A second piece of hook and loop fastening material is affixed to the endotracheal tube to be used during intubation. The endotracheal tube is advanced into the patient through the center of the tubular element. As the hook and loop material on the endotracheal tube advances into the tubular element, an interference fit occurs between the hook and loop fastening material on the endotracheal tube and the hook and loop fastening material lining the tubular element. As the two section of hook and loop fastening material engage one another, the two sections adhere to one another, thereby connecting the endotracheal tube to the tubular element.

Abstract: A distinctive article can include an elastomerically stretchable side panel having a longitudinal dimension and a lateral dimension. A member of hook material is operably connected to a first, laterally outboard edge portion of the side panel, and each member of hook material includes a hook base layer which has an appointed fastening region and an appointed grip region. The fastening region has a plurality of hook elements which are integrally formed with the base layer and extend away from a base plane of the hook base layer. The hook elements are configured to operably engage a selected, cooperating loop material. The grip region has a relatively lower density of the hook elements per unit area, as compared to the fastening region. The fastening region is interposed between the side panel and the grip region. The grip region provides a laterally terminal edge of the article.

Abstract: An interengaging fastener member having a plurality of headed elements, which can reduce the noise generated due to the relative movement between the headed elements engaged with each other. The fastener member 10 is made of polymeric material as a one-piece molded article, and includes a generally flat base 14 and a plurality of headed elements 18 projecting from the base 14. Each headed element 18 has a stem 22 arranged on and projecting from the base 14 in a predetermined spaced relationship, and a head 24 formed at the end of the stem 22 and having a contour swollen from the periphery of the stem 22. The head 24 is defined by a generally flat surface 26 adjacent t the stem 22 and extending radially outward from the periphery of the stem 22, a curved surface 28 bulging out with an apex and arranged at an opposite side of the generally flat surface 26 from the stem 22, and a transition surface 30 formed from a second curved surface for connecting the generally flat surface 26 with the curved surface 28.

Abstract: A separable fastener component for use with a complementary separable fastener component has a base member, having a nominal fastening face and a non-fastening face. Carried on the fastening face is a pattern of fastening elements, comprising a main region carrying fastening elements. Substantially surrounding the main region is a bald region that is substantially free of fastening elements; and substantially surrounding the bald region, is a perimeter region that carries fastening elements. The bald region may be a rectangular annulus, as may be the perimeter region of fastening elements. The bald and perimeter regions may also be non-rectangular. The sacrificial perimeter fastening elements may be hooks or loops. Anchoring elements may be provided on the non-fastening face of the base. Rather than the bald region being one that surrounds the main region, it may bound a portion of the main region and may be a pair of bald regions that are substantially free of fastening elements.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a holder for retaining a pacifier in a baby crib in a position which is readily accessible to a child. The pacifier holder is preferably made of rubber material, and includes a mounting and a pacifier holder. The mounting mounts the pacifier holder to a vertical bar of a baby crib and is either a wrap around flap partly covered with VELCRO.TM. material, or a clip-on tubular member. In both embodiments a friction of the rubber material against the crib bar retains the pacifier in place on the bar. Furthermore, the mounting of both embodiments is adaptable to crib bars of different sizes and shapes. The pacifier holder includes a flexible upper finger and a flexible lower finger, defining a holding slot for retaining a pacifier therein. The upper finger is optionally curved upwardly in the shape of a hook for retaining a variety of baby articles.

Abstract: A storage/dispensing assembly, e.g., a roll or stack, of loop fastener material such as is used in hook and loop fastening system comprising one or more multilayer sheets of loop fastener material arranged such that the adhesive layer of an overlying portion of the loop fastener material is in direct contact with the loop layer of an underlying portion of the loop fastener material. The loops are such that, when the overlying portion of the loop fastener material is removed from the assembly, the loops of the underlying portion are presented in an engagable state. Also, a method for dispensing such loop material from such assemblies such that as the adhesive layer of the overlying portion is separated from the loops of the underlying portion, the loops of the underlying portion are presented in an engagable state.

Abstract: A multiple purpose fastening device, system and method is provided which utilizes one or more fastening elements having an elongate flexible member with respective releasably interengaging, interlocking, or compressively joining, coupling or adhering opposing surfaces covering the entire length thereof with the exception of an end tab, gripping surface or end loop at at least one end thereof. The fastening apparatus of the present invention is not limited to a particular size or dimension. A method of fastening, joining, bundling, and/or the like one or more objects together employs one or more of the fastening devices of the present invention wrapped around one or more objects in a common direction to overlap or superimpose upon itself with the opposing releasable coupling surfaces joined over a portion of each flexible member. The end loops provide an anchoring point for attachment of additional devices, accessories, clips, and the like.

Abstract: A sheet-form hook capable of hooking to a material to be hooked, comprising a sheet-form substrate having thereon at least one projected portion formed by bending at least one piece notched in the substrate to at least one surface side of the substrate, the height of the projected portion from the surface of the substrate being at least 0.3 mm, and a fastening system using the sheet-form hook. The sheet-form hook can be utilized in the field of fastening systems in place of pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes and has a high resistance to staining, which is a weak point of a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape.

Abstract: A fishing lure wrap for use in securing a lure in close proximity to the shaft of a fishing rod and away from contact with other lures, clothing, skin, and the like. The device comprises a sheet of soft pliable material having a portion of cooperating hook and loop material attached on outer surface and the corresponding portion of hook and loop material attached on the inner surface. When the device is wrapped around the shaft and the lure, the hook and loop portion cooperate to hold the device securely in place. An optional sponge can be used to keep natural bait moist for extended lengths of time.

Abstract: A clamp assembly and method for clamping an elongate member to a support member. The clamp assembly comprises a receptacle adapted to at least partially receive the elongate member, a pair of flexible support straps connected to the receptacle, and a pair of flexible clamping straps. The pair of flexible support straps are capable of matingly engaging one another around the support member and the pair of flexible clamping straps are capable of matingly engaging one another around the elongate member and the support member. The receptacle has a recess therein adapted to at least partially receive the elongate member. A pivotable buckle is attached to one of the flexible clamping straps for securely tensioning the pair of clamping straps around the elongate member and the support member. An adjustment assembly is attached to one of the flexible clamping straps.

Abstract: An interengaging fastener member 10 having a base 12 and a plurality of headed elements 14 arranged on the base 12. A plate member 26 is connected to the base 12 as fixing means. The plate member 26 includes a baseplate section 30 embedded in a back surface 28 of the base 12, and a plurality of protruding sections 32 formed on the baseplate section 30 and protruding from the back surface 28 of the base 12. The plate member 26 is disposed as an insert within a mold in an injection molding process of the fastener member 10, and is fixedly connected to the base 12 while the base 12 is integrally molded with the headed elements 14.

Abstract: Provided is a fastener for temporarily securing a windshield to a vehicle body opening in a reliable manner without modifying the vehicle body structure. The base of the fastener is provided with an attaching surface adapted to be attached to a cooperating fastener on a major surface thereof, and a cavity is passed through the base substantially in parallel with the major surface. The clip may comprise a pair of clamping pieces bent from a strip of sheet metal, and one of the clamping pieces is pushed into the cavity to join the clamping piece with the base, and a flange of an opening of a vehicle body is pushed into the gap between the other clamping piece and the corresponding wall of the base. The clip may be appropriately provided with barbs to ensure secure engagement of the clip to both the base and the flange. The last mentioned wall of the base is preferably provided with a break so that the barbs provided in the clamping pieces may engage the two sides of the flange.

Abstract: A hook-and-loop fastener for holding the pieces of multi-piece fishing rods together, when the rods are being stored or transported. The fastener is in the form of a strip with a hook portion and a loop portion. An adhesive backing is provided on either the loop portion or the hook portion, whichever is shorter in length. The adhesive is used to attach the shorter portion of the fastener to the fishing rod handle and the other longer portion of the fastener is looped around the other pieces of the fishing rod to hold the bundle together.

Abstract: A fastening device of the invention is formed of two fastening members. Each fastening member has a flat base portion, and a plurality of engaging projections fixed on the base portion laterally and vertically. Each engaging projection has at least one leg fixed to the base portion at one side and an engaging head portion fixed to the other side of the leg. The engaging head portion has a lateral size greater than that of the leg. Non-engaging projections are integrally formed on at least one of the fastening members. Each non-engaging projection has a height less than the engaging projection.

Abstract: The invention is a refastenable mechanical fastening system including rows of female loops joined to a substrate. The loops taper from the base to the distal end and are typically nonperpendicularly oriented relative to the plane of the substrate. The shanks of each loop may also have an azimuthal angle relative to the machine direction of the substrate. Each loop includes an opening for receiving a portion of the prong of a male hook component. The loops are manufactured by the process of extruding liquid material through the apertures of a depositing member onto a moving substrate to form the base of the loop, stretching the liquid material in a direction parallel to the plane of the substrate, severing the stretched material to form a distal end which fuses with an adjacent amount of stretched material to forma loop. The advantageous usage of the fastening system in an article of manufacture, such as a disposable absorbent article, and more specifically, a diaper is also disclosed.

Abstract: A curtain attachment connector movable along a curtain railing for holding a curtain comprises a fastener member having first and second engaging faces engageable with male or female engaging faces of the curtain, and an attachment extending from one end of the fastener member and adapted to be attached to the curtain railing directly or indirectly. The first and second engaging faces are composed of a multiplicity of hooks rising from front and back sides of the fastener member. The first engaging face has an engaging strength with respect to the engaging faces of the curtain which is stronger than that of the second engaging face.

Abstract: A strap system for carrying shoes when a skater is skating and skates when the skater is walking. The strap system comprises a first strap, having a first end and a second end and a first connecting mechanism for connecting the first and second ends of the first strap, which when connected create a first closed loop. A second strap is attached to the first strap by an attachment mechanism, the second strap comprising a first end and a second end and a second connecting mechanism for connecting the first and second ends of the second strap, which when connected create a second loop. The strap system is utilized wherein during use of the strap system, the first loop is situated around the user's waist or slung over the user's shoulder and the second loop secures the foot apparel.

Abstract: An interengaging fastener is provided including two fastener members and structure for locating one fastener member with respect to the other fastener member. In one embodiment, the locating structure includes a protrusion extending from one fastener member and an opening formed in the other fastener member.