Patent attributes
A striped braided element comprising: a first set of members having a common direction of winding, the center axis of said first set of members being axially displaced relative to each other in relation to a common braiding axis; and a second set of members having an opposite direction of winding, the center axis of the second set of members being axially displaced relative to each other in relation to the common braiding axis, the braided element exhibiting a uniform uninterrupted braid pattern and an average uniform distance between the center axis of members having a common direction of winding at a particular circumferential section along the common braiding axis; characterized by having at least one stripe comprising two adjacent members of the same set exhibiting a significantly reduced distance between the center axis of the adjacent members in the particular circumferential section.
