Patent ID: 7849888

Claim:
A method of modulating functionality of an electro-textile fabric comprising: incorporating a plurality of non-conductive textile filaments and a plurality of energy-active functional filaments into a weaving apparatus; integrating the non-conductive textile filaments and the energy-active functional filaments by weaving into the electro-textile fabric in accordance with a weave pattern selected from the group consisting of: satin, twill, rib, basket weave, double face construction, and any derivative based on these, resulting in floats of energy-active functional filaments on at least a first surface of the electro-textile fabric, wherein at least one of the non-conductive textile filaments and the energy-active functional filaments is elastic; and selectively removing from the electro-textile fabric at least one of the energy-active functional filaments or the non-conductive filaments to isolate at least one electrical pathway.