| US 7,600,539 B2 | ||
| Low profile textile wire bundler sleeve | ||
| Cassie M. Malloy, Blue Bell, Pa. (US); Ming-Ming Chen, West Chester, Pa. (US); and Gerald T. Lien, Exton, Pa. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc, Southfield, Mich. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 01, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/712,650. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/779289, filed on Mar. 03, 2006. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/827556, filed on Sep. 29, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0210490 A1, Sep. 13, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. D03D 3/08 (2006.01); D03D 11/02 (2006.01); D03D 15/04 (2006.01); D03D 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 139—387R [139/420 R; 139/420 A; 139/384 A] | 24 Claims |
| 1. A low profile textile sleeve, comprising:
a substantially flat base section having lateral sides extending along a length of said sleeve;
a pair of substantially flat folding sections;
at least one pair of living hinge regions operably connecting said folding sections to said lateral sides of said base section;
and
wherein said base section and said folding sections comprise flat warp monofilaments and round weft monofilaments interlaced
with one another to define a generally uniform distribution of interstices, at least some of said round weft monofilaments
being arranged adjacently in side-by-side relation to one another as bundles of two or more monofilaments, said round weft
monofilaments being heat-set to form said living hinge regions, said living hinge regions biasing said folding sections in
overlying, substantially parallel relation to said base section.
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