Patent ID: 7241483

Claim:
A nonplanar polymeric netting comprising, a plurality of a first set of strands extending in a first direction relative to a planar face of the netting and a second set of strands extending in a second direction relative to a planar face of the netting, wherein at least one set of strands has multiple leg portions, the first set of strands intersecting the second set of strands at connection points, wherein the first and second sets of strands at the connection points are an integral continuous homogeneous polymeric material and at the connection points at least two separate and adjacent leg portions of a strand, of one of the sets of strands connect, the at least two separate and adjacent leg portions of a strand that connect at a connection point each have a top surface and a bottom surface that are in an opposing relationship wherein the at least two separate and adjacent leg portions of a strand and their two opposing top surfaces their two opposing bottom surfaces extend along their length dimensions in different planes at the connection point, such that the at least two separate and adjacent leg portions intersect a strand of the other set of strands at the connection point in a thickness direction Z at an angle α, of greater than zero, wherein the angle α is measured from a planar face of the netting, the at least one set of strands having leg portions being non-planar with the intersecting set of strands being non-planar and/or nonrectilinear.