ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,967, issued on June 3, was assigned to Velcro IP Holdings LLC (Manchester, N.H.).
"Making male touch fastener elements" was invented by Luis Parellada Armela (Palafrugell, Spain), Christopher M. Gallant (Nottingham, N.H.), James L. Tardiff (Manchester, N.H.) and Mark A. Clarner (Hopkinton, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a male touch fastener product with a resin surface and an array of spaced-apart male touch fastener elements carried on the surface. Each touch fastener element has a stem extending from the surface and a head disposed at a distal end of the stem and extending laterally from the stem to a dista...