Dale Edward Turcotte

US Patent:

7373699, May 20, 2008

Filed:

Oct 15, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/688301

Inventors:

Paul R. Erickson - New Boston NH, US
Dale E. Turcotte - New Boston NH, US
William B. S. Mc Dougall - Concord NH, US

Assignee:

Velcro Industries B.V. - Curacao

International Classification:

A44B 18/00

US Classification:

24452, 24442

Abstract:

A strip-form touch fastener component includes a resin base having a front surface from which an array of molded plastic fastener elements project, and a reinforcing knit fabric directly laminated to a side of the resin base opposite the fastener elements, the fabric having float filament sections extending generally along an outer surface of a back side of the fastener component. The float sections are connected to the back side of the fastener component only at their ends, and otherwise lie against the back side of the fastener component to reinforce the resin base against tearing.

US Patent:

20190093264, Mar 28, 2019

Filed:

Sep 28, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/718115

Inventors:

- Deinze, BE
Sihan Wang - Manchester NH, US
Dale E. Turcotte - New Boston NH, US
Okan Ala - Amherst NH, US

International Classification:

D04B 9/12
D04B 9/26
D04B 15/06
D04B 35/00
D04B 15/32
D04B 15/48
A44B 18/00

Abstract:

A method of making a loop fastener product features knitting, such as by circular knitting, a pile yarn and one or more ground yarns to form a stretchable knit fabric having loops of the pile yarn extending from a knit ground, with the ground yarns including polymers of differing melt temperatures. The knit fabric is then held in a desired state while the fabric is set by first applying sufficient heat to cause the lower melt temperature resin to flow into interstices of the fabric ground, and then allowing the fabric to cool. The cooled fabric ground is less stretchable in two orthogonal directions after setting than before setting, has a greater air permeability after setting than before setting, and has hook-engageable pile loops extending from bound interstices.