Patent ID: 8312802

Claim:
A method of forming a toroidal cloth comprising a plurality of closed-loop toroids interconnected together, each toroid having a body defining an interior, the method comprising: providing a first toroid of the plurality of toroids having a first proximal portion and a first distal portion; providing a second toroid of the plurality of toroids having a second proximal portion and a second distal portion; providing a third toroid of the plurality of toroids having a third proximal portion and a third distal portion; overlapping the second toroid and the third toroid such as to overlap the second and third proximal portions; forming an interconnection between the first, second and third toroids by looping the first proximal portion through the second and third toroids, the first proximal portion passing through the interior of the first toroid adjacent to the first distal portion to cause the first distal portion to be positioned adjacent to the second and third proximal portions; and similarly interconnecting a fourth and fifth toroids with the first toroid; wherein the interconnections are formed at three distinct points along the circumference of the first toroid to provide a triangulated toroidal cloth structure.