Patent ID: 8511053

Claim:
A rope structure comprising: a plurality of rope subcomponents, where the rope subcomponents are combined to form the rope structure; a plurality of bundles, where the bundles are combined to form the rope subcomponents; a plurality of first yarns, where the first yarns are formed of at least one material selected from the group of materials comprising HMPE, LCP, Aramids, and PBO, have a breaking elongation of approximately 2%-5%, and have a tenacity of approximately 25-45 gpd; and a plurality of second yarns, where the second yarns are formed of at least one material selected from the group of materials comprising polyolefin, polyethylene, polypropylene, and blends or copolymers of the two, have a breaking elongation of approximately 2%-12%, and have a tenacity of approximately 6-22 gpd; wherein the first and second yarns are combined to form the bundles; the bundles comprise approximately 20-80% by weight of the first yarns.