of the present fastener assembly various elements may be integral thus for example the backing layer and the fastening layer may be integrally formed such that the anchor means in the backing layer can be a plurality of integral loops mushrooms and the like alternatively the backing layer and the fastening layer may be integrally formed such that the anchor means in the backing layer can be a magnetically attractable element conformed to facilitate engagement of the fastener assembly to the cushion of course the backing layer may be an independent element such as a fibrous or non fibrous material non limiting examples of fibrous materials include at least one member selected from the group consisting essentially of glass fibres e g in the form of a cloth or a mat chopped or unchopped such as nico 754 1 oz ft 2 polyester fibres polyolefin fibres e g polyethylene and polypropylene kevlar fibres polyamides fibres e g nylon cellulose fibres e g burlap carbon fibres cloth materials such spun bound polyesters e g lutravil 1dh7210b ldvt222 and freudenberg ptld585g ptld600b nylon and paper e g kraft 60 for certain such fibrous materials e g paper the anchor means may be integral in the fibrous material it will be appreciated that the fibrous reinforcing layer may be woven or non woven non limiting examples of a non fibrous materials comprise at least one member selected from the group consisting essentially of thermosets e g polyurethanes polyesters and epoxies metals such as aluminum foil polycarbonates e g lexan and dow calibre polycarbonate abs alloys e g dow pulse abs terpolymers e g royalite 59 and dow magnum polyester.