US Patent Issued to Kuraray Fastening on Sept. 1 for "Woven fabric surface fastener having hook-shaped engaging element, and method for manufacturing same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,406, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Kuraray Fastening Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Woven fabric surface fastener having hook-shaped engaging element, and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Makoto Sagara (Sakai, Japan) and Yoshikatsu Fujisawa (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A woven-fabric hook-and-loop fastener including: a woven base fabric made of a woven-fabric made of a warp yarn and a weft yarn; a yarn for hook-shaped engaging elements made of a polyethylene terephthalate-based monofilament yarn woven into the woven base fabric in parallel with the warp yarn; and a plurality of the hook-shaped engaging e...