Patent ID: 9427043
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: A43B

Claim Text:
1. A chamber for receiving a pressurized fluid, comprising: a first chamber barrier layer and a second chamber barrier layer bonded to the first chamber barrier layer about peripheral portions of the first chamber barrier layer and the second chamber barrier layer to define an interior void between the first chamber barrier layer and the second chamber barrier layer; a tensile member extending between the first chamber barrier layer and the second chamber barrier layer, the tensile member including a first tensile member layer bonded to the first chamber barrier layer, a second tensile member layer bonded to the second chamber barrier layer, and a plurality of tethers extending between the first tensile member layer and the second tensile member layer; and stitching attached to the first tensile member layer and to the second tensile member layer to form a stitched region disposed between the first chamber barrier layer and the second chamber barrier layer, the first tensile member layer being in contact with the second tensile member layer in the stitched region to provide an area of the chamber with a reduced thickness relative to adjacent portions of the chamber; wherein, when the chamber is pressurized with the pressurized fluid, a substantial majority of the first tensile member layer is separated from the second tensile member layer by a distance substantially equal to a length of the plurality of tethers.