A COMPOSITE EXHIBITING AN ELASTIC-LIKE BEHAVIOR IN RESPONSE TO AN APPLIED AXIAL ELONGATION ALONG AT LEAST ONE AXIS THEREOF. THE COMPOSITE INCLUDES A FIRST WEB MATERIAL (250) IN A RELAXED CONDITION BONDED TO A STRETCHED SECOND WEB MATERIAL. THE STRETCHED SECOND WEB MATERIAL (252) INCLUDES A STRAINABLE NETWORK HAVING FIRST (264) AND SECOND (266) REGIONS FORMED OF SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME MATERIAL COMPOSITION. THE FIRST REGION (264) PROVIDES A FIRST, ELASTIC-LIKE RESISTIVE FORCE TO APPLIED AXIAL ELONGATION AND THE SECOND REGION (266) PROVIDES A SECOND DISTINCTIVE RESISTIVE FORCE TO FURTHER APPLIED AXIAL ELONGATION, THEREBY PROVIDING AT LEAST TWO STAGES OF RESISTIVE FORCE IN USE. (FIG. 2)
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