Patent ID: 8905803

Claim:
A device comprising: a plurality of rods each rod being encased within a sheath made from a flexible webbing strip, the webbing strip comprising a flexible tubular webbing that encases the rod and at least one flange extending radially outwardly from the tubular webbing; and a plurality of linking webbing elements made from a flexible webbing material, the linking webbing elements linking at least two of the sheaths to form a network of rods encased within tubular webbing sheaths and linking webbing elements; wherein: the linking webbing elements are attached to a respective sheath by being attached to the at least one flange of the flexible webbing strip of that sheath; the rods are of any cross-sectional shape; at least one of the linking webbing elements is formed from a double thickness material and comprises pockets at predetermined intervals, each rod being located within a pocket, wherein each pocket is formed by two single thickness sections of the double thickness material, with the two single thickness sections lying on either side of the rod and sheath located therein, and wherein the at least one flange of the sheath, but not the tubular webbing part of the sheath is attached to the two single thickness sections of the respective pocket of the linking webbing element lying either side thereof.