ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,145, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Velcro IP Holdings LLC (Manchester, N.H.).
"Male touch fastener elements" was invented by David D. Cianciolo (Sandown, N.H.) and Matthew P. Cunningham (Concord, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch fastener element has a stem rising from a resin sheet, and a head disposed at an upper end of the stem and spaced from the resin sheet. The head has two arms that extend in opposite directions to distal ends, the arms having respective lower surfaces that overhang the resin sheet. The fastener element has two opposite side surfaces that form contiguous surfaces of the stem and both arms. The l...