Embeddingly installed-type fastener

Abstract

A fastener ( 10 ) includes an engaging section ( 18 ) provided on a major surface ( 12 ) of a strip-shaped base ( 16 ), and an embedding section ( 20 ) provided on a back surface ( 14 ) of the base ( 16 ). The embedding section comprises a plurality of posts ( 44 ) erected upright to the back surface ( 14 ), a plurality of anchors ( 46 ) provided at the end of the posts ( 44 ) so as to extend generally in parallel to the back surface ( 14 ), and a plurality of projecting elements ( 48 ) integrally connected to the outer periphery of the anchors ( 46 ) so as to extend generally in parallel to the back surface ( 14 ) and substantially in the width direction of the base ( 16 ). Each projecting element ( 48 ) has, at its free end region, a dimension projecting over a predetermined length laterally from the base ( 16 ). The fastener ( 10 ) is fixed to a molded body in a state that the engaging section is exposed while the plurality of posts ( 44 ), anchors ( 46 ), and projecting elements ( 48 ) are embedded in the molded body.

1 . A fastener comprising: 
 a strip-shaped base having a major surface and a back surface opposite to the major surface; an engaging section provided on the major surface of said base; and an embedding section provided on the back surface of said base, said fastener being adapted to be installed integrally to an article through said embedding section, said embedding section comprising a plurality of projecting elements discretely arranged so as to be spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of said base, and each projecting element extends outward from said base substantially in a width direction of said base.    
   
   
       2 . A fastener according to  claim 1 , wherein each of said projecting elements is formed integrally with said base.  
   
   
       3 . A fastener according to  claim 1 , wherein each of said projecting elements is provided detachably on said base.  
   
   
       4 . A fastener according to  claim 1 , wherein said plurality of projecting elements are arranged at regular intervals in the longitudinal direction of said base, and said projecting elements project symmetrically on both lateral sides of said base.  
   
   
       5 . A fastener according to  claim 1 , wherein each of said projecting elements has a generally flat outer surface extending in parallel to the back surface on a side away from said back surface of said base.  
   
   
       6 . A fastener according to  claim 2 , wherein said plurality of projecting elements are arranged at regular intervals in the longitudinal direction of said base, and said projecting elements project symmetrically on both lateral sides of said base.  
   
   
       7 . A fastener according to  claim 3 , wherein said plurality of projecting elements are arranged at regular intervals in the longitudinal direction of said base, and said projecting elements project symmetrically on both lateral sides of said base.  
   
   
       8 . A fastener according to  claim 2 , wherein each of said projecting elements has a generally flat outer surface extending in parallel to the back surface on a side away from said back surface of said base.  
   
   
       9 . A fastener according to  claim 3 , wherein each of said projecting elements has a generally flat outer surface extending in parallel to the back surface on a side away from said back surface of said base.  
   
   
       10 . A fastener according to  claim 4 , wherein each of said projecting elements has a generally flat outer surface extending in parallel to the back surface on a side away from said back surface of said base.  
   
   
       11 . A fastener according to  claim 6 , wherein each of said projecting elements has a generally flat outer surface extending in parallel to the back surface on a side away from said back surface of said base.  
   
   
       12 . A fastener according to  claim 7 , wherein each of said projecting elements has a generally flat outer surface extending in parallel to the back surface on a side away from said back surface of said base.