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Reclosable mechanical fastener based on a composite article
Assignee: 3M Co
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Filing: 1990-08-29
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Granted: 1993-03-23
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Expires: 2010-08-29
Abstract
Abstract A reclosable mechanical fastener comprising a fastening component having a surface structure by which two such fastening components can become releasably attached. The novel fastening component is a composite of a tough substrate and a fastening layer that forms said surface structure, which fastening layer is formed from a cured oligomeric resin composition having one or more like or different hard segments, one or more like or different soft segments, and one or more like or different monovalent moieties containing a radiation-sensitive, addition-polymerizable, function group. The novel fastener forms stronger linkages than were possible with similar fasteners of the prior art.
Inventors
- 👤 Shih-Lai Lu
- 👤 James J. Kobe
- 👤 John D. Moon
- 👤 Maurice E. Freeman
- 👤 Forrest J. Rouser
- 👤 Robert V. Heiti
- 👤 Thomas E. Boettcher
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-24 16:16
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09J; C09J153/00; A; A44; A44B; A44B18/00; A44B18/0003; B; B32; B32B; B32B7/00; B32B7/04; B32B7/06; C08; C08F; C08F299/00; C08F299/02; C08F299/06; C08F299/065; C08G; C08G18/00; C08G18/06; C08G18/28; C08G18/40; C08G18/42; C08G18/4266; C08G18/4269; C08G18/4277; C09D; C09D175/00; C09D175/04; C09D175/14; C09D175/16; C09J153/02; C09J155/00; C09J7/00; C09J7/20; C09J7/22; C09J7/25; C09J7/30; C09J7/38; C09J7/381; C08L; C08L2666/00; C08L2666/02; C09J2301/00; C09J2301/10; C09J2301/16; C09J2301/162; C09J2423/00; C09J2423/006; C09J2433/00; C09J2433/006; C09J2475/00; C09J2475/006; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S24/00; Y10S24/30; Y10S24/38; Y10S24/40; Y10S24/41; Y10T; Y10T24/00; Y10T24/45; Y10T24/45152; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/28; Y10T428/2852; Y10T428/2878; Y10T428/2887; Y10T428/2891
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
208 words
A fastening component of a reclosable mechanical fastener, which fastening component comprises: (a) a substrate, and (b) a fastening layer having a first major surface and a second major surface, said first major surface being adhered to said substrate, said second major surface being non-tacky, substantially flat, and comprising a crosslinked polymer formed from radiation-curable, addition-polymerizable, oligomers or prepolymers having one or more like or different hard segments of mono- or poly-valent moieties containing one or more carbocyclic or heterocyclic groups or both said moieties, wherein each of said moieties of said hard segments, when their valences are satisfied by protons, has at least one major transition temperature above 250° K., one or more like or different soft segments of mono- or poly-valent moieties, wherein each of said moieties of said soft segments has a number average molecular weight in the range of about 500 to 5000 and each of which in the form of homopolymer has a glass transition temperature below 250° K., one or more like or different monovalent moieties containing a radiation-sensitive, addition-polymerizable, functional group selected from the group consisting of acrylyl, methacrylyl, allyl, and vic-epoxy, said second major surface capable of releasably adhering to an identical second major surface of a second fastening layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
208 words
A fastening component of a reclosable mechanical fastener, which fastening component comprises: (a) a substrate, and (b) a fastening layer having a first major surface and a second major surface, said first major surface being adhered to said substrate, said second major surface being non-tacky, substantially flat, and comprising a crosslinked polymer formed from radiation-curable, addition-polymerizable, oligomers or prepolymers having one or more like or different hard segments of mono- or poly-valent moieties containing one or more carbocyclic or heterocyclic groups or both said moieties, wherein each of said moieties of said hard segments, when their valences are satisfied by protons, has at least one major transition temperature above 250° K., one or more like or different soft segments of mono- or poly-valent moieties, wherein each of said moieties of said soft segments has a number average molecular weight in the range of about 500 to 5000 and each of which in the form of homopolymer has a glass transition temperature below 250° K., one or more like or different monovalent moieties containing a radiation-sensitive, addition-polymerizable, functional group selected from the group consisting of acrylyl, methacrylyl, allyl, and vic-epoxy, said second major surface capable of releasably adhering to an identical second major surface of a second fastening layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
A fastening component according to claim 1, wherein said substrate has a tensile strength of at least 1500 MPa.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
A fastening component according to claim 4, wherein said substrate can be bent to a radius of 0.5 cm without breaking.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
A fastening component according to claim 1, wherein the substrate comprises a thermoplastic film.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
193 words
A fastening component according to claim 1, wherein said fastening layer is formed from a photopolymerizable composition comprising: (i) an ultraviolet radiation-curable, radiation addition-polymerizable, crosslinkable, organic oligomeric resin having one or more like or different hard segments of mono- or poly-valent moieties containing one or more carbocyclic or heterocyclic groups or both said moieties, wherein each of said moieties of said hard segments, when their valences are satisfied by protons, has at least one major transition temperature above 250° K., one or more like or different soft segments of mono- or poly-valent moieties, wherein each of said moieties of said soft segments has a number average molecular weight in the range of about 500 to 5000 and each of which in the form of homopolymer has a glass transition temperature below 250° K., and one or more like or different monovalent moieties containing a radiation-sensitive, addition-polymerizable, functional group selected from the group consisting of acrylyl, methacrylyl, allyl, and epoxy, and vic-epoxy, (ii) an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, wherein said ethylenically unsaturated monomer is an alkyl acrylate wherein said alkyl moiety contains a straight chain having four to twelve carbon atoms, and (iii) a photoinitiator.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
A fastening component according to claim 5, wherein said alkyl acrylate is [(2-ethoxy)-2-ethoxy]ethyl acrylate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
A fastening component according to claim 5, wherein said alkyl acrylate is ethoxy ethyl acrylate.
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