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Internal Tensioning Structure Useable with Inflatable Devices

  • US 20130230670A1
  • Filed: 11/05/2012
  • Published: 09/05/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An inflatable product comprising:

  • a first sheet;

    a second sheet disposed opposite the first sheet, the first and second sheets spaced apart to define a gap;

    a tensioning structure spanning the gap between the first sheet and the second sheet, the tensioning structure comprising;

    a plurality of strands uniformly spaced apart and arranged substantially parallel to one another; and

    a plurality of weld strips including a first weld strip and a second weld strip spaced apart from one another and substantially perpendicular to the plurality of strands, each of the plurality of weld strips affixed to each of the plurality of strands, and each of the plurality of weld strips affixed to at least one of the first sheet and the second sheet, each of the first and second weld strips having a length, a width, and a thickness, the length of each of the first and second weld strips being greater than the width of each of the first and second weld strips, the first weld strip being spaced apart from the second weld strip by a distance greater than the width of the first weld strip.

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