Damien Bosser, Le Cellier, France; Anthony Mahe, Le Cellier, France.
Assigned to Aplix, Le Cellier, France.

Filed: 4/28/17
Issued: 4/14/20

A retaining device with hooks, comprising: a base extending in a longitudinal direction and presenting a top face and a bottom face, the base presenting a length along the longitudinal direction, a width along a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and a thickness which corresponds to the distance between the top face and the bottom face in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and to the transverse direction; and a plurality of retaining elements extending from the top face of the base, each retaining element being formed by a stem and a head; the device being characterized in that: the base presents a thickness lying in the range 10 microns to 700 microns; and the base has two edges in the width direction, each of said edges presents highs and lows, wherein the maximum offset between the highs and the lows along the transverse direction is less than 1 mm over a length in the longitudinal direction that corresponds to three consecutive highs.