HOOK LOOP MATERIAL SYSTEMS

Brand	Owner	Address	Description
LAST	Foster-Miller, Inc.	350 Second Avenue Waltham MA 02451	hook and loop material systems and their components for the attachment of armor and protective materials against ballistic and blast threats and for the attachment of materials for absorption and reduction of sensing signals including radar, sonar, infra-red and visible signals;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

A releasable fastener system comprises a loop portion and a hook portion. The loop portion includes a support and a loop material disposed on one side thereof whereas the hook portion includes a support and a plurality of closely spaced upstanding hook elements extending from one side thereof. When the hook portion and loop portion are pressed together they interlock to form a releasable engagement. The resulting joint created by the engagement is relatively resistant to shear and pull forces and weak in peel strength forces. The hook elements are formed of a material or have configurations that provide a shape changing capability and/or change in flexural modulus property to the hook elements. In this manner, the shape and/or flexural modulus of the hook elements can be remotely changed to provide a reduction in the shear and/or pull-off forces.