06.10.20
Yoshihisa Matsuda, Kanagawa, Japan; Kristopher K. Biegler, Minneapolis, MN; Ryan M. Luepke, New Brighton, MN; Thomas J. Gilbert, St. Paul, MN; and Hiroshi Sakurai, Kanagawa, Japan.
Assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN.
Filed: 4/10/15
Issued: 4/21/20
A fixing member comprising: a sheet-like base member; and a surface fastener provided on top of the base member, wherein the surface fastener covers a surface of the base member at a position separated from a tip end of the base member, a minimum value of bending stiffness of the fixing member, as determined via a bending test using a Gurley tester, being 150 mgf or less, the bending test being performed using a strip-shaped test piece cut from a portion where the surface fastener is provided by anchoring an end of the test piece using a clamp so that a length from the anchored end of the test piece to the free end thereof is 19.05 mm; and engagement with the surface fastener is minimized on the surface of the base member on a side on which the surface fastener is provided in a part closer to the tip end than the surface fastener, wherein an opening is provided in the base member, a penetration is provided in the surface fastener, and the opening of the base member and the penetration of the surface fastener are overlapped on the fixing member and set such that the base member and the surface fastener of the fixing member can flexibly change shapes.
Assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN.
Filed: 4/10/15
Issued: 4/21/20
A fixing member comprising: a sheet-like base member; and a surface fastener provided on top of the base member, wherein the surface fastener covers a surface of the base member at a position separated from a tip end of the base member, a minimum value of bending stiffness of the fixing member, as determined via a bending test using a Gurley tester, being 150 mgf or less, the bending test being performed using a strip-shaped test piece cut from a portion where the surface fastener is provided by anchoring an end of the test piece using a clamp so that a length from the anchored end of the test piece to the free end thereof is 19.05 mm; and engagement with the surface fastener is minimized on the surface of the base member on a side on which the surface fastener is provided in a part closer to the tip end than the surface fastener, wherein an opening is provided in the base member, a penetration is provided in the surface fastener, and the opening of the base member and the penetration of the surface fastener are overlapped on the fixing member and set such that the base member and the surface fastener of the fixing member can flexibly change shapes.