Patent ID: 7484538

Claim:
A triple layer papermaker's fabric, comprising: a set of top machine direction yarns; a set of top cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the top machine direction yarns to form a top fabric layer; a set of bottom machine direction yarns; a set of bottom cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the bottom machine direction yarns to form a bottom fabric layer; a plurality of stitching yarns interwoven with the top and bottom fabric layers; the top machine direction yarns, top cross machine direction yarns, bottom machine direction yarns, bottom cross machine direction yarns, and stitching yarns being interwoven as a series of repeat units, wherein in each of the repeat units, each top cross machine direction yarn forms multiple paper side floats or knuckles by passing over some of the top machine direction yarns and interweaving beneath a top machine direction yarn on each side of the float or knuckle, and wherein at least a first of the paper side floats or knuckles passes over a first number of top machine direction yarns, and at least a second of the paper side floats or knuckles passes over a second number of top machine direction yarns, and the difference between the first number and the second number is one; and wherein each of the top cross machine direction yarns follows the same weaving sequence with respect to the top machine direction yarns as each of the other top cross machine direction yarns.