ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,201, issued on April 14, was assigned to Brady Worldwide Inc. (Milwaukee).
"Printable hook and loop structure" was invented by Scott M. Bellon (West Bend, Wis.) and Steven Mess (Franklin, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printable structure is configured to create a temporary bind as one half of a hook and loop connection with another half of the hook and loop connection. The printable structure includes a substrate, an adhesive layer, and a print-receptive topcoat. The substrate has two opposing surfaces including a fastening surface that is one of a hook fastening surface and a loop fastening surface of the hook and loop conn...