Claims
- 1. A nonelastic fabric tape having loops for complementary attachment to hooks carried on a member of a hook-and-loop fastener assembly, said fabric tape comprising:
- (a) a narrow flat knitted backing having a front face and a rear face and formed of knitted warp and weft yarns forming a nonelastic backing; and
- (b) a plurality of loop yarns attached by knitting stitches to said warp yarns at spaced-apart points to form upstanding loops on the front face of said backing, at least some of said loop yarns being canted in a first direction with reference to the front face of the backing and others of said loop yarns being canted in a second direction with reference to the front face of the backing opposite said first direction, said loop yarns being attached to said warp yarns according to the pattern wherein:
- (1) each of said loop yarns being attached to a first warp yarn at an intersection of said first warp yarn with a first weft yarn;
- (2) said each of said loop yarns being attached to said first warp yarn at an intersection between said first warp yarn and a second weft yarn adjacent said first weft yarn without forming an upstanding loop between said intersections;
- (3) said each of said loop yarns being attached to a second warp yarn adjacent said first warp yarn at an intersection between said second warp yarn and a third weft yarn adjacent said second weft yarn, said loop yarn forming the upstanding loop between said second warp yarn and a third weft yarn adjacent said second weft yarn; and
- (4) said first and second warp yarns are adjacent to each other.
- 2. A fabric tape according to claim 1, wherein said first and second warp yarns are separated by at least one other warp yarn.
- 3. A fabric tape according to claim 1, wherein said first and second weft yarns are adjacent to each other.
- 4. A fabric tape according to claim 1, wherein said first and second weft yarns are separated by at least one other weft yarn.
- 5. A fabric tape according to claim 2, wherein said loops extend along the length of the tape in an alternating canted orientation.
- 6. A fabric tape according to claim 1, wherein approximately one-half of the loops in a group of adjacent courses are alternately canted in one direction and in another direction.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/427,797, filed on Apr. 26, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,520,021, issued on May 28, 1996, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/229,165, filed on Apr. 18, 1994, now abandoned.
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