Patent ID: 7059361

Claim:
A papermaker's fabric comprising: a first layer and a second layer of machine direction (MD) yarns; a first system of cross-machine-direction (CD) yarns comprising a first CD yarn and a second CD yarn; said first CD yarn and said second CD yarn forming a binding pair of yarns; wherein said binding pair is interwoven with the first and second layers of MD yarns in such a manner that the first CD yarn and the second CD yarn combine to weave each MD yarn in the first layer and cross between the first layer and the second layer; a second system of CD yarns comprising a third CD yarn, a fourth CD yarn, and a fifth CD yarn; said first system and said second system alternating in weaving with the MD yarns; wherein said fourth CD yarn weaves each MD yarn in the first layer and said fifth CD yarn weaves with at least one MD yarn in the second layer; wherein said third CD yarn is positioned between the fourth and fifth CD yarns; and wherein the third, fourth, and fifth CD yarns are vertically-stacked, perpendicular to the first and second layers.