Patent ID: 7858164

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a textile extending a length between a first end and a second end and also extending a dimension transverse to said length being one of a width and a circumference and having a first bonded filament portion disposed adjacent to said first end to limit fraying at said first end, said first bonded filament portion including a first plurality of discrete sub-portions of bonded interlaced filaments, each of said first sub-portions being spaced from one another along the transverse dimension by a first plurality of non-bonded interlaced filament sub-portions and also having a second bonded portion spaced from said first bonded portion along said length by interlaced non-bonded filaments to limit fraying at said first end, said second bonded portion including a second plurality of discrete sub-portions of bonded interlaced filaments, each of said second sub-portions being spaced from one another along the transverse dimension by a plurality of second non-bonded interlaced filament sub-portions.