Patent ID: 7677360

Claim:
A fabric structure comprising: (a) a woven webbing comprising a plurality of ground yarns, a plurality of elongation yarns, and a plurality of binder yarns, the ground yarns, the elongation yarns, and the binder yarns extending in a substantially warp 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 and is substantially unconnected to the elongation yarns, and 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 adjacent to the second end of the expansion segment, and wherein the binder yarns are interwoven with the ground yarns and the elongation yarns.