Flexible drive casing construction and manufacture

Claim 1

INTEGRATED, FLEXIBLE, CASING CONSTRUCTION FOR FLEXIBLE DEVICE CABLES CONSISTING OF A SINGLE INNER, TUBULAR, THERMOPLASTIC, PLASTIC MATERIAL LINER LAMINATION FORMED OF A PLASTIC MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ELASTOMERIC AND RIGID, THERMOPLASTIC, PLASTIC MATEIALS; A SINGLE OUTER, TUBULAR, THERMOPLASTIC, PLASTIC MATERIAL COVER LAMINATION TELESCOPED OVER THE LINER LAMINATION AND FORMED OF A PLASTIC MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ELASTOMERIC AND RIGID, THERMOPLASTIC, PLASTIC MATERIALS; A SINGLE LAYER, TUBULAR, BRAIDED-STAND, REINFORCING SHEATH TELESCOPED WITHIN THE COVER LAMINATION AND TELESCOPED OVER AND SURROUNDING THE LINER LAMINATION; AND PORTIONS AT LEAST OF THE STRANDS OF THE BRAIDED SHEATH BEING PARTIALLY IMBEDDED IN EACH OF THE LINER LAMINATIONS PLASTIC MATERIAL AND COVER LAMINATION PLASTIC MATERIAL SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF THE BRAIDED SHEATH, WHEREBY THE INTEGRATED CASING IS KINK-RESISTANT AND RETURNS SUBSTANTIALLY TO ORIGINAL SHAPE AFTER RELIEF FORM KINKING FORCES TO WHICH IT MAY BE SUBJECTED.