Patent ID: 7005038

Claim:
A paper process belt for use in a paper manufacturing machine to process a paper stock, the belt comprising: a body portion including a first plurality of elongated resilient filaments interwoven with a second plurality of elongated resilient filaments, the first plurality of elongated resilient filaments being oriented in a first direction and the second plurality of elongated resilient filaments being oriented in a second direction transverse to the first direction, one of the first plurality and the second plurality of elongated resilient filaments having a first end section and a second end section configured to be coupled to the first end section; and at least two elongated resilient coupling filaments separated from one another by at least one filament of the second plurality of elongated resilient filaments to operatively connect the first end section to the second end section so that the first end section, the second end section, and the body portion are substantially continuous with one another and configured to operatively engage the paper manufacturing machine.