Patent ID: 6998017

Claim:
A method of forming a paper web, comprising: providing a deformable carrier fabric capable of receiving and containing water pressed from a moist web, the deformable carrier fabric including a web contacting surface and a back surface; providing a deflection member including a web contacting first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the web contacting first surface comprises a repeating pattern of raised elements and deflection conduits; providing a web including fibers, the web including a first face and a second face, the web residing on one of the web contacting first surface of the deflection member and the web contacting surface of the deformable carrier fabric; providing a deformable backing material that contacts the second surface of the deflection member; providing a compression nip between a first compression surface and a second compression surface; pressing the web in the compression nip while the web is in contact with both the deflection member and the deformable carrier fabric, and while the deflection member is in contact with the deformable backing material; and shearing the web in a machine direction in the compression nip, wherein at least some of the fibers are deflected into the deflection conduits of the deflection member to form a molded web including at least one imprinted dome comprising an asymmetrical profile.