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Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2026

Filed:

May. 21, 2024
Applicant:

Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, SC (US);

Inventors:

Stacey Brown, LaGrange, GA (US);

Steven L. Bedingfield, LaGrange, GA (US);

Assignee:

Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, SC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D03D 1/02 (2006.01); B32B 1/08 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 27/12 (2006.01); B32B 27/32 (2006.01); B32B 37/24 (2006.01); D03D 3/02 (2006.01); D03D 13/00 (2006.01); D03D 15/283 (2021.01); D03D 15/49 (2021.01); F16L 11/04 (2006.01); F16L 11/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D03D 1/02 (2013.01); B32B 1/08 (2013.01); B32B 5/024 (2013.01); B32B 27/12 (2013.01); B32B 27/32 (2013.01); B32B 37/24 (2013.01); D03D 3/02 (2013.01); D03D 13/004 (2013.01); D03D 15/283 (2021.01); D03D 15/49 (2021.01); F16L 11/085 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0276 (2013.01); B32B 2305/188 (2013.01); B32B 2307/54 (2013.01); B32B 2307/7242 (2013.01); B32B 2307/7376 (2023.05); B32B 2323/04 (2013.01); B32B 2367/00 (2013.01); B32B 2571/00 (2013.01); B32B 2597/00 (2013.01); D10B 2331/04 (2013.01); D10B 2505/00 (2013.01); F16L 2011/047 (2013.01);
Abstract

An elongated enclosed pathway containing an outer structure being a narrow woven cylinder and an inner structure being an inflatable tube located within the narrow woven cylinder. The narrow woven cylinder has a knitted catch area running along the length of the cylinder. The weft yarns have a repeating stitch pattern comprising a knit stitch with a catch yarn, stitching with warp yarns in a counterclockwise direction around the circumference, a knit stitch with a catch yarn, and stitching with warp yarns in a clockwise direction around the circumference. The inflatable tube alone has an air permeability of less than about 1 cfm, the narrow woven cylinder alone has an air permeability of greater than about 100 cfm, and the narrow woven cylinder together with the inflatable tube located inside the narrow woven cylinder has an air permeability of less than about 1 cfm.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Brown, Stacey. (2026). Elongated enclosed pathway (U.S. Patent No. 12774542). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12774542

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