Continuous strength member

An apparatus for providing tensile strength for an elastic sheath comprising:

• primary bearing means disposed contiguously adjacent to and on the inside of said elastic sheath for longitudinally extending the length thereof, the primary bearing longitudinally extending means reaches from one end of the end of the sheath to the other and is secured thereto and defines an elongate chamber therein, said primary bearing longitudinally extending means includes elastic warp bogies to provide for an elastic tensile strength capability about the elongate chamber and further includes a plurality of cords disposed in an exaggerated sign-wave configuration and arranged in a side-by-side spaced relationship with respect to one another being located inside of the inner wall of said elastic sheath, and a lateral weave-fill woven among said elastic warp bogies and said cords to maintain a positioning of said elastic warp bodies and said cords.

An apparatus for providing tensile strength comprising:

• primary bearing means disposed in an essentially tube-shape for longitudinally extending the length thereof, the primary bearing longitudinally extending means defines an elongate chamber therein and includes a plurality of cords disposed in an exaggerated sign-wave configuration and arranged in a longitudinally extending, side-by-side spaced relationship with respect to one another, elastic warp bogies longitudinally extending adjacent said cords about the elongate chamber, and means disposed coextensively with said elastic warp bogies and said cords of said primary bearing longitudinally extending means for providing structure to position said elastic warp bogies and said cord, the structure providing means is a lateral weave-fill woven among said elastic warp bogies and said cords.