Patent ID: 8287693

Claim:
A papermaking belt for carrying an embryonic web of paper fibers, the belt having an embryonic web contacting surface and a non-embryonic web contacting surface opposite thereto, said papermaking belt comprising: a reinforcing structure having a patterned framework disposed thereon, said patterned framework comprising a continuous network region and a plurality of discrete deflection conduits, said deflection conduits isolated one from another by said continuous network region; and, a plurality of non-random distinct pores disposed within said continuous network region, each of said pores having an opening disposed at a predetermined location upon said embryonic web contacting surface and an opening disposed at a predetermined location upon said non-embryonic web contacting surface, each of said pores defining a single pathway between said embryonic web contacting surface and said non-embryonic web contacting surface; and, wherein each of said pores has a hydraulic connection assisting compound disposed within.