Patent ID: 8387749

Claim:
A fabric structure comprising: (a) a woven webbing comprising: (1) a plurality of ground yarns; (2) a plurality of elongation yarns; (3) a plurality of binder yarns, the ground yarns, the elongation yarns, and the binder yarns extending in a substantially warp direction; and (4) a plurality of lateral yarns, the lateral yarns extending in a substantially weft direction; wherein the elongation yarns comprise partially oriented yarns; and wherein the webbing comprises: (i) a first connection segment wherein the binder yarns are interwoven with the ground yarns and the elongation yarns; (ii) an expansion segment having first and second ends wherein the first end of the expansion segment is adjacent to the first connection segment, wherein the ground yarns comprise a sheath that surrounds the elongation yarns, wherein at least some of the lateral yarns are interwoven with the elongation yarns and the ground yarns of the sheath to connect the elongation yarns with the sheath, wherein the length of the elongation yarns is shorter than the length of the sheath, and wherein the binder yarns are woven with the ground yarns of the sheath and are not woven with the elongation yarns; and (iii) a second connection segment having first and second ends, wherein the first end of the second connection segment is adjacent to the second end of the expansion segment, and wherein the binder yarns are interwoven with the ground yarns and the elongation yarns, wherein the expansion segment further comprises: at least one non-attachment point wherein the lateral yarns are woven with the ground yarns and are not woven with the elongation yarns; and a plurality of attachment points wherein the lateral yarns are woven in between the elongation yarns between outer edges of the sheath and are only woven with the sheath ground yarns at the outer edges of the sheath.