US 12,486,599 B2
Integrally woven or knitted textile with pouch and methods of making the same
Paul Van Hulle, Pinehurst, NC (US); Colleen Kaiser, Pinehurst, NC (US); and Stephanie Booz Norris, Rocky Point, NC (US)
Assigned to ATEX Technologies, Inc., Pinebluff, NC (US)
Filed by ATEX Technologies, Inc., Pinebluff, NC (US)
Filed on Mar. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/603,710.
Application 16/442,943 is a division of application No. 15/872,353, filed on Jan. 16, 2018, granted, now 10,364,518, issued on Jul. 30, 2019.
Application 18/603,710 is a continuation of application No. 16/442,943, filed on Jun. 17, 2019, granted, now 11,957,563.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/445,908, filed on Jan. 13, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0216120 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. D03D 3/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); D03D 11/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01)
CPC D03D 11/02 (2013.01) [A61F 2/07 (2013.01); D03D 3/02 (2013.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61F 2002/072 (2013.01); A61F 2002/075 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0076 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/003 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0096 (2013.01); D10B 2403/0113 (2013.01); D10B 2403/021 (2013.01); D10B 2403/0222 (2013.01); D10B 2501/061 (2013.01); D10B 2509/06 (2013.01); D10B 2509/08 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An integrally woven textile having a first end, a second end and a length there between, comprising:
at least one longitudinal textile portion woven from a set of yarns such that the longitudinal textile portion has an inner surface and an outer surface; and
at least one pouch woven from at least a portion of said set of yarns and integrally woven with the longitudinal textile portion such that the at least one pouch comprises an inner surface and an outer surface and such that the inner surface of the at least one pouch faces the outer surface of the longitudinal textile portion so as to define a single opening that leads to an open inner space between the inner surface of the at least one pouch and the outer surface of the longitudinal textile portion,
wherein the single opening for access to the open inner space is defined between the outer surface of the longitudinal textile portion and a single edge of the inner surface of the at least one pouch such that the open inner space is otherwise enclosed,
wherein, if integrally woven, the set of yarns comprises at least one set of warp yarns or ends and at least one set of weft yarns or picks.