Patent ID: 8540849

Claim:
A press felt for papermaking, comprising: at least one batt fiber layer; and a base fabric; wherein: the at least one batt fiber layer is integrated into the base fabric; the base fabric comprises a wet paper web-side surface and a roll-side surface; the base fabric comprises at least one ground warp yarn, at least one ground weft yarn, and at least one additional warp yarn; the at least one ground warp yarn and the at least one ground weft yarn comprise monofilament yarns; the at least one additional warp yarn comprises a material different from a material forming the at least one ground warp yarn; the at least one additional warp yarn is arranged so that, when the base fabric is viewed in cross-section in a warp yarn direction, the at least one additional warp yarn ascends toward the wet paper web-side surface and descends toward the roll-side surface, relative to the at least one ground warp yarn; the at least one additional warp yarn comprises a yarn assembly material obtained by assembling a plurality of at least one of staple yarns and filament yarns; the at least one ground warp yarn is folded back at an end of the base fabric in the warp yarn direction to form an end connection loop; and the at least one additional warp yarn is provided entirely on a wet paper web-side of the end connection loop in a vicinity of the end connection loop.