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Abstract

A double-lock friction fastener system useful as a restraint for hospital patients includes separate flexible first and second straps affixed to one another at a juncture and extending adjacent one another in the same general direction so that cooperating friction fasteners on free end portions of the straps can be frictionally secured to form a loop of infinitely adjustable size for attachment to an extremity of a patient to be restrained. A locking strap affixed to one strap is folded over the outer face of the other strap, and cooperating friction fasteners on the inside face of the locking strap and on the outer face of the other strap are frictionally secured so the folded-over locking strap covers the free end of the other strap and forms a double-lock friction fastener which resists pulling apart of the friction fasteners which form the loop. The double-lock friction fastener loops can be at opposite ends of a main strap, with one loop affixed to a patient and the other loop fastened to a remote fixture, such as a gurney or operating table. The double-lock friction fastener also can be used in a secure fastener system for closures for garments, or to fasten other objects to a fixture or the like.

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