Patent ID: 8395317

Claim:
A textile, for enabling connection of electronic devices, formed from interwoven electrically conductive and non-conductive yarns, said textile comprising: a multi-layer warp including: an upper warp layer comprising an upper array of conductive warp yarns, a lower warp layer comprising a lower array of conductive warp yarns, and an intermediate warp layer arranged between said upper and lower warp layers; and a weft comprising electrically conductive and non-conductive weft yarns including: a first set of conductive weft yarns crossing said upper array of conductive warp yarns such that electrical contact is achieved between the first set of conductive weft yarns and said upper array of conductive warp yarns; and a second set of conductive weft yarns crossing said lower array of conductive warp yarns, such that electrical contact is achieved between the second set of conductive weft yarns and said lower array of conductive warp yarns, wherein said second set of conductive weft yarns, at selected loop locations, form loops around non-conductive warp yarns in said upper and intermediate warp layers, each of said loops providing a first upper layer connection point for enabling connection of an electronic device between said first upper layer connection point and a second upper layer connection point provided on one of a conductive warp yarn from said upper array of conductive warp yarns and a conductive weft yarn from said first set of conductive weft yarns.