Patent ID: 9326882
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: A61F,D03D

Claim Text:
1. A support fabric provided with pockets for accommodating stiffening means, comprising: a first woven layer and a second woven layer formed by a plurality of threads and joined to each other by bonding threads of the threads along a length of the support fabric; a plurality of pocket areas configured to receive one or more of the stiffening means; a plurality of non-pocket areas located between the pocket areas; said first woven layer comprising first bonding threads and said second woven layer comprising second bonding threads, a first bonding thread of said first threads extending from said first woven layer into said second woven layer in a first non-pocket area of said plurality of non-pocket areas and returning to said first woven layer in a second non-pocket area of said plurality of non-pocket areas, a second bonding thread of said second threads extending from said second woven layer into said first woven layer in said first non-pocket area and returning to said second woven layer in said second non-pocket area such that said first woven layer and said second woven layer are continuously joined to each other by stitch bonding in said first said first non-pocket area- and said second non-pocket area; said first woven layer and said second woven layer separated from each other in said plurality of pocket areas such that interior surfaces of said first woven layer and said second woven layer bound a cavity for receiving the stiffening means, said first bonding thread located in said second woven layer in a first pocket area of said plurality of pocket areas located between said first non-pocket area and said second non-pocket area and said second bonding thread located in said first woven layer in said first pocket area, each pocket area of said plurality of pocket areas having an opening for inserting one of the stiffening means.