Patent ID: 6896009

Claim:
A triple layer papermaker's forming fabric comprising: a set of top CMD yarns; a set of top MD yarns interwoven exclusively with the top CMD yarns to form at least part of a top fabric layer having a papermaking surface; a set of bottom CMD yarns; a set of bottom MD yarns interwoven exclusively with the bottom CMD yarns to form at least part of a bottom fabric layer having a machine side surface; and a set of stitching MD yarn pairs, wherein at least one of the stitching MD yarns in each stitching MD yarn pair weaves in both the top fabric layer and the bottom fabric layer and wherein the stitching MD yarns in each stitching MD yarn pair are woven such that at locations where the first of the two stitching MD yarns in each stitching MD yarn pair weaves in the top fabric layer the second of the two stitching MD yarns in the stitching MD yarn pair drops below the top fabric layer so that together the two stitching MD yarns in each stitching MD yarn pair complete the weave in the top fabric layer, and wherein at least some of the stitching MD yarns in the stitching MD yarn pairs bind the top fabric layer and the bottom fabric layer together; wherein a stitching MD yarn pair is provided adjacent each top MD yarn.