Patent ID: 8038847

Claim:
A fabric for a papermaking machine, comprising: a machine facing side; a web facing side comprising pockets formed by warp and weft yarns; wherein each pocket is defined by four sides on the web facing side, two of the four sides each formed by a warp knuckle of a single warp yarn that passes over three consecutive weft yarns to define the warp knuckle, the other two of the four sides each formed by a weft knuckle of a single weft yarn that passes over three consecutive warp yarns to define the weft knuckle, a lower surface of each pocket being formed by first and second lower warps yarns and first and second lower weft yarns, a first warp knuckle being of the first warp yarn passed over by a first weft knuckle and the first lower warp yarn being of the second warp yarn passed over by the first weft knuckle and the second lower warp yarn being of the third warp yarn passed over the first weft knuckle, a second weft knuckle being of the first weft yarn passed over by the first warp knuckle and the second lower weft yarn being of the second weft yarn passed over by the first warp knuckle and the first lower weft yarn being of the third weft yarn passed over by the first warp knuckle, the first lower warp yarn passing over the first lower weft yarn and under the second lower weft yarn, the first lower warp yarn being disposed between the first warp knuckle and the second lower warp yarn, the second lower warp yarn passing under the first lower weft yarn and over the second lower weft yarn, and the second lower weft yarn being disposed between the second weft knuckle and the first lower weft yarn.