Patent ID: 8377262

Claim:
A structured papermaking fabric for making a bulky tissue web, said structured papermaking fabric comprising: a plurality of longitudinal yarns; a plurality of transverse yarns; a web-facing side; and a side opposing said web-facing side, said web-facing side including a structure including said plurality of transverse yarns interweaving with said plurality of longitudinal yarns, said structure including a plurality of pattern areas which are regularly distributed on said web-facing side, each of said plurality of pattern areas being surrounded by an edge area and being woven in a plain weave, each said edge area including at least one longitudinal edge segment and at least one transverse edge segment, said at least one longitudinal edge segment including one of said plurality of longitudinal yarns weaving over at least four consecutive ones of said plurality of transverse yarns, said at least one transverse edge segment including one of said plurality of transverse yarns weaving over at least four consecutive ones of said plurality of longitudinal yarns, said plurality of transverse yarns including first transverse yarns and second transverse yarns, said structure being a weave structure including said first transverse yarns and said second transverse yarns, said first transverse yarns weaving a respective one of said plurality of pattern areas, each of said second transverse yarns weaving a respective said transverse edge segment, said first and said second transverse yarns together weaving with a respective one of said plurality of longitudinal yarns to form a respective said longitudinal edge segment, said respective one of said plurality of longitudinal yarns thereby passing over said first transverse yarns and said second transverse yarns to form said respective longitudinal edge segment.