ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,113, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Velcro IP Holdings LLC (Manchester, N.H.).
"Fastener tape" was invented by Jonathan Verstraete (Lendelede, Belgium), Johan Marie Albert Lecluyse (Deurle, Belgium) and Terry Bernard Jacques Raepsaet (Harelbeke, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-engaging fastener has a flexible base sheet and an array of discrete fastener elements projecting from a broad side of the base sheet. Each fastener element has a stem extending from the base sheet and a head at a distal end of the stem, the head overhanging the base sheet on multiple sides of the stem. The heads of the discrete fastener element...