Patent ID: 8336864

Claim:
A canted coil spring system comprising: an object having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side; a canted coil spring comprising: a first wire section comprising a plurality of first canted coils generally canted at an acute first angle relative to a first direction of a centerline extending through the first canted coils; and a second wire section connected to the first wire section, said second wire section comprising a plurality of second canted coils comprising coils generally canted at an acute second angle relative to a second direction of the centerline extending through the second canted coils, the second direction being opposite to the first direction when the centerline is in a linear configuration; and wherein when the canted coil spring is mounted around the object such that at least a portion of the first wire section extends along the first side of the object and at least a portion of the second wire section extends along the second side of the object, the coils in the portion of the first wire section and the coils in the portion of the second wire section are canted in generally the same direction.