Patent ID: 8875745

Claim:
A fabric ( 1 , 12 , 14 , 16 , 21 ) for forming a fibrous paper web having an embossed surface, the fabric ( 1 , 12 , 14 , 16 , 21 ) comprising longitudinal and transverse threads ( 4 - 8 ; 24 - 28 ) interwoven with one another in a weave repeat unit defining a machine side and a paper side, wherein some of the longitudinal threads form embossing threads ( 7 , 28 ) having projecting paper side floats ( 11 , 31 ) on the paper side of the fabric ( 1 , 12 , 14 , 16 , 21 ) passing over more than one transverse thread ( 5 , 25 ), wherein the fabric ( 1 , 12 , 14 , 16 , 21 ) comprises: a first woven fabric layer ( 2 , 22 ) forming the paper side on an outside of the first woven fabric layer and having longitudinal and transverse first threads ( 4 , 5 , 24 , 25 ) of the longitudinal and transverse threads ( 4 - 8 ; 24 - 28 ), wherein the longitudinal and transverse first threads are interwoven with one another; and a second woven fabric layer ( 3 , 23 ) forming the machine side on an outside of the second woven fabric layer and having longitudinal and transverse second threads ( 6 , 7 , 8 , 27 , 28 , 29 ) of the longitudinal and transverse threads ( 4 - 8 ; 24 - 28 ), wherein the longitudinal and transverse second threads are interwoven with one another, wherein some of the longitudinal second threads form the embossing threads ( 7 , 28 ), which penetrate the first woven fabric layer ( 2 , 22 ) for forming the paper side floats ( 11 , 31 ) and connect the first and second woven fabric layers ( 2 , 3 , 22 , 23 ).