Circumferentially continuous and constrictable textile sleeve and method of construction thereof

A protective textile sleeve, comprising:

• a wall extending lengthwise along a longitudinal axis between opposite ends, said wall having a woven first section formed in its entirety from non-heat-shrinkable warp yarns extending lengthwise in generally parallel relation with longitudinal axis and non-heat-shrinkable weft yarn extending circumferentially in generally transverse relation to the warp yarn, and a second section formed in its entirety from heat-shrinkable yarn, wherein said first section has opposite edges that extend lengthwise between said opposite ends and spans (X) degrees about the circumference of said wall between opposite lengthwise extending edges, and wherein said second section extends lengthwise between said opposite ends and spans (360-X) degrees about the circumference of said wall, and wherein said heat-shrinkable yarn of said second section meanders in serpentine fashion back and forth between said opposite edges of said first section from one of said opposite ends to the other of said opposite ends continuously as an uninterrupted yarn.

A protective textile sleeve, comprising:

• a wall extending lengthwise along a longitudinal axis between opposite ends, said wall having a woven first section formed in its entirety from non-heat-shrinkable warp yarns extending lengthwise in generally parallel relation with longitudinal axis and non-heat-shrinkable weft yarn extending circumferentially in generally transverse relation to the warp yarn, and a second section formed in its entirety from heat-shrinkable yarn, wherein said first section has opposite edges that extend lengthwise between said opposite ends and spans (X) degrees about the circumference of said wall between opposite lengthwise extending edges, and wherein said second section extends lengthwise between said opposite ends and spans (360-X) degrees about the circumference of said wall, and wherein said heat-shrinkable yarn of said second section connects said opposite edges of said first section to one another.