Patent ID: 7892402

Claim:
A method of forming a laminated on-machine-seamable industrial fabric, the method comprising the steps of: weaving a first section of the base structure, the first section comprising machine direction (MD) and cross-machine direction (CD) yarns interwoven in a first weave pattern and/or CD yarn density, size and/or yarn type; creating a first demarcation region, by way of a skipper or special filler yarn insert, of a predetermined length along the MD, without CD yarns; weaving a second section of the base structure in a second weave pattern and/or CD yarn density, size and/or yarn type; creating a second demarcation region, by way of a second skipper or special filler yarn insert, of a predetermined length along the MD, without CD yarns; weaving a third section of the base structure in the first weave pattern and/or CD yarn density, size and/or yarn type, folding the first and third sections of the base structure such that free yarn ends of the first and third sections are adjacent to each other; and folding the fabric onto itself so as to position the demarcated regions on the widthwise edges thereof so as to form seaming loops by the MD yarns therein, wherein the first and third sections have the same weave pattern and/or CD yarn density, size and/or yarn type, which is different from that of the second section.