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A fastener and a method of fastening articles employing the fastener are provided. The fastener includes a fastener element adapted to be mated in an interlocking arrangement to a complementary fastener element. The fastener element has a plurality of mating cavities. The mating cavities include a m

A fastener and a method of fastening articles employing the fastener are provided. The fastener includes a fastener element adapted to be mated in an interlocking arrangement to a complementary fastener element. The fastener element has a plurality of mating cavities. The mating cavities include a mating surface which is adapted to interlockingly engage a mating element projecting from the complementary fastener element.

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A self-mating fastener element comprising: a polymeric substrate comprising a plurality of mating elements projecting therefrom, the mating elements each comprising a mating surface wherein a cross-section of each mating element through the mating surface comprises a plurality of microprotrusions ex

A self-mating fastener element comprising: a polymeric substrate comprising a plurality of mating elements projecting therefrom, the mating elements each comprising a mating surface wherein a cross-section of each mating element through the mating surface comprises a plurality of microprotrusions extending therefrom, the microprotrusions having a height of no more than about 400 microns and a width of no more than about 400 microns; wherein the fastener element is capable of being self-matingly engaged such that the engaged fastener element is separable by a disengagement force directly proportional to the number of interlockingly engaged microprotrusions.