Patent ID: 8783903

Claim:
A light-emitting electronic textile ( 1 ; 35 ) comprising: a flexible component carrier ( 2 ) having a plurality of light sources ( 3 ) arranged thereon; and at least one textile light-diffusing member ( 4 ) arranged to diffuse light emitted by said light sources ( 3 ), wherein said textile light-diffusing member ( 4 ) comprises: a first textile layer ( 10 ) comprising fibers ( 14 ); a second textile layer ( 11 ) comprising fibers ( 15 ); and a spacing layer ( 12 ) arranged between said first textile layer ( 10 ) and said second textile layer ( 11 ), wherein said spacing layer ( 12 ) comprises spacing fibers ( 16 ) that space apart said first and second textile layers, said spacing fibers ( 16 ) being attached to fibers ( 14 , 15 ) comprised in each of said first and second textile layers to thereby mechanically connect said first ( 10 ) and second ( 11 ) textile layers with each other.