Patent ID: 8070903

Claim:
A method of forming a fabric having a given thickness and having first and second groups of overlapping threads joined together comprising: (a) providing a first group of numerous discrete disjoint elements positioned on a first side of a contact boundary extending throughout the thickness of said fabric being formed; (b) providing a second group of numerous discrete disjoint elements positioned on a second side of said contact boundary, opposite said first side; and (c) joining together said numerous discrete disjoint elements at areas of contact of said first and second groups of disjoint elements at said contact boundary and not at over-lapping and under-lapping crossings of portions of said first and second groups of disjoint elements away from said areas of contact at said contact boundary wherein step (c) includes introducing separator elements for preventing joining together of said discrete disjoint elements at over-lapping and under-lapping crossings of portions of said first and second groups of disjoint elements away from said areas of contact at said contact boundary.