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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2025
Atex Technologies, Inc., Pinebluff, NC (US);
Mark Jessup, Whispering Pines, NC (US);
Laura Dailey, Southern Pines, NC (US);
Morgan Gwaltney, Pinehurst, NC (US);
Paul Van Hulle, Pinehurst, NC (US);
ATEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Pinebluff, NC (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for manufacturing a woven seamed structure are provided herein. A method includes providing a plurality of threads parallel to a warp axis and providing a weaving thread, and then weaving the weaving thread into the plurality of threads back and forth in directions parallel to a weft axis. The weaving thread, in a machine direction, changes patterns at positions along the weft axis that change gradually or intermittently as the weaving thread is woven in the machine direction such that a first transition line and a second transition line, respectively, are formed at non-zero angles from the warp axis and the weft axis. This forms a woven seamed structure with a central axis that extends along a non-zero angle from the warp axis or the weft axis, such example woven seamed structure exhibiting enhanced stretchability and conformance.