US Patent Issued to Kuraray Fastening on Nov. 11 for "Polyester fabric hook-and-loop fastener and manufacturing method for same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,119, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Kuraray Fastening Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Polyester fabric hook-and-loop fastener and manufacturing method for same" was invented by Makoto Sagara (Sakai, Japan), Yoshikatsu Fujisawa (Sakai, Japan) and Nobuhiro Koga (Kurashiki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polyester woven-fabric hook-and-loop fastener has a warp yarn thickness Tb which is 0.94 times or less of a warp yarn thickness Ts. A selvage area having a constant width is present on two opposite ends, continuously in a line form in the warp direction, without misalignment in the weft direction. As a result, when the polyester w...