Method for Making Braided Structures

A method for making a wicker construction comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a first predetermined plurality of the elements pre-produced as straps with a straight profile;
• b) providing a second predetermined plurality of the elements pre-produced as straps with a corrugated profile including a plurality of depressions and having a distance L between the depressions;
• c) placing said elements of the first plurality substantially within a predetermined plane, along a predetermined direction, in a row parallel to each other with an interval of L/2;
• d) wickering said elements of the first plurality and the second plurality so that:
• d1) said elements of the first plurality are bent taking turns substantially upward and downward from said plane,
• d2) an element of the second plurality is fitted between the elements of the first plurality at a predetermined angle to said direction and placed, so that said elements of the first plurality are set into the depressions of said elements of the second plurality;
• and
• e) repeating steps (d1) and (d2) for each element of the second plurality thereby producing the wicker construction.

A method for making a wicker construction comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a first predetermined plurality of elements pre-produced as straps with a corrugated profile including a plurality of depressions and a plurality of humps and having a distance L between said depressions and between said humps;
• b) providing a second predetermined plurality of elements produced as straps with a corrugated profile including a plurality of depressions and a plurality of humps and having a distance L between said depressions and between said humps;
• c) placing said elements of the first plurality substantially within a predetermined plane, along a predetermined direction, in a row parallel with each other with an interval of L/2, so that each depression of any of said elements of the first plurality is adjacent to a hump of the neighboring element of the first plurality;
• d) wickering said elements of the first plurality and the second plurality so that:
• d1) said elements of the first plurality are bent taking turns substantially upward and downward from said plane,
• d2) an element of the second plurality is fitted between the elements of the first plurality at a predetermined angle to said direction and placed into the depressions of said elements of the first plurality, whereas the elements of the first plurality are placed into the depression of said element of the second plurality;
• and
• e) repeating steps (d1) and (d2) for each element of the second plurality thereby producing the wicker construction.

A wicker construction comprising:

• a first predetermined plurality of the elements pre-produced as straps with a straight profile;
• a second predetermined plurality of the elements pre-produced as straps with a corrugated profile including a plurality of depressions and having a distance L between the depressions;
• wherein
• said elements of the first plurality are placed in a row parallel with each other with an interval of L/2;
• and
• said elements of the first plurality and the second plurality are wickered so that said elements of the first plurality are placed into the depressions of said elements of the second plurality.

A wicker construction comprising:

• a first predetermined plurality of elements pre-produced as straps with a corrugated profile including a plurality of depressions and a plurality of humps and having a distance L between said depressions and between said humps;
• a second predetermined plurality of elements pre-produced as straps with a corrugated profile including a plurality of depressions and a plurality of humps and having a distance L between said depressions and between said humps;
• wherein
• said elements of the first plurality are placed in a row parallel with each other with an interval of L/2, so that each depression of any of said elements of the first plurality is adjacent to a hump of the neighboring element of the first plurality;
• and
• said elements of the first plurality and the second plurality are wickered so that said elements of the first plurality are placed into the depressions of said elements of the second plurality, and said elements of the second plurality are placed into the depressions of said elements of the first plurality.