Patent ID: 7770837

Claim:
A method of wrapping a triaxially braided fabric having a multiplicity of axial yarns of varying length, braided therein, upon a cylindrical storage spool wherein said axial yarns are wrapped circumferentially about the cylindrical spool comprising the steps of: a) providing a triaxially braided fabric having a multiplicity of axial yarns of varying length, b) wrapping a layer of conformable, shape memory, compressible foam about the circumferential periphery of said cylindrical spool, wrapping said triaxially braided fabric with said axial yarns wrapping circumferentially about said conformable, shape memory, compressible foam while applying a separate tensile force to each separate and individual axial yarn as the braided fabric wraps around said cylindrical storage spool while maintaining a substantially constant radius ratios between the spool and varying length axial yarns as the braided fabric diameter increases upon the spool.