Patent ID: 8757215

Claim:
A textile sleeve, comprising: a wall constructed of interlaced yarns, said wall having opposite edges extending parallel to a central axis along a length of said wall, said opposite edges being biased into overlapping relation with one another; and said wall having a plurality of hinges extending substantially parallel to said central axis, said hinges separating heat-set arcuate regions of said wall from one another, each of said heat-set arcuate regions maintaining an arcuate shape absent some externally applied force, said hinges having an increased flexibility relative to said heat-set arcuate regions and extending along the length of said wall between said heat-set arcuate regions, said hinges facilitate movement of said wall between an in-use tubular, substantially cylindrical first configuration and a collapsed, crescent shaped second configuration, said heat-set arcuate regions being nested with one another when in said second configuration, wherein said wall remains in each of said first and second configurations absent some externally applied force.