Patent · US Expired

Plastic article in situ molded to a porous substrate

US5357659A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 27, 1990
Grant dateOct 25, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 27, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T24/45937
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An article of manufacture comprises a molded-plastic fitment such as one of the halves of a snap fastener molded in situ to a porous substrate such as a garment fabric. Various embodiments are described for the article, as well as dies for forming the same, and methods and a machine for making the same.

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