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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
May. 21, 2024
Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Stacey Brown, LaGrange, GA (US);
Steven L. Bedingfield, LaGrange, GA (US);
Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Abstract
A process of forming an elongated enclosed pathway containing the steps of forming an inner structure containing at least one inflatable tube and forming an outer structure comprising a narrow woven cylinder. The narrow woven cylinder contains a plurality of warp yarns, a plurality of weft yarns, and at least one catch yarn. The weft yarns have a repeating stitch pattern containing a knit stitch with a catch yarn, stitching with the warp yarns in a counterclockwise direction around the circumference, a knit stitch with a catch yarn, and stitching with the warp yarns in a clockwise direction around the circumference. The forming of the narrow woven cylinder is concurrent with inserting the at least one inflatable tube into the narrow woven cylinder and wherein the narrow woven cylinder is woven around the at least one inflatable tube.