| CPC D02G 3/442 (2013.01) [D03D 15/283 (2021.01); D03D 15/56 (2021.01)] | 23 Claims |

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1. A woven fabric having warp yarns and weft yarns, wherein said warp yarns and said weft yarns each comprise a core and a sheath, said core comprising a first core component and a second core component, wherein the first core component has a breaking tenacity of at least 10 g/den and comprises UHMWPE, wherein the second core component comprises elastomeric elements, and wherein elasticity of the fabric in warp direction is at least 20% and elasticity of the fabric in weft direction is at least 20%, wherein
said first core component and said second core component are connected together and remain attached,
said woven fabric comprises a warp density between 15 and 70 warps/cm and a weft density between 15 and 50 wefts/cm, and
the first core component comprises between 10% and 58.5% of the weight of the respective yarn,
the second core component comprises between 1.5% and 40% of the weight of the respective yarn, and
the sheath comprises between 40% and 88.5% of the weight of the respective yarn.
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