Patent ID: 7879194

Claim:
A forming fabric for making a bulky web, comprising: a machine facing side; a web facing side comprising pockets formed by warp and weft yarns; a bottom of the pockets being formed by weaving the warp and weft yarns; and a contact plane of the web facing side comprising elongated warp knuckles, wherein one of: the pockets are surrounded and defined by four elongated warp knuckles on the web facing side, the pockets are surrounded on all sides by elongated warp knuckles on the web facing side, the pockets have a substantially diamond shape formed by elongated warp knuckles on the web facing side, the pockets have an offset diamond shape formed by elongated warp knuckles on the web facing side, the pockets have a non-square shape formed by elongated warp knuckles on the web facing side, the pockets are defined by overlapping and staggered elongated warp knuckles on the web facing side, and the pockets have a multi-sided shape formed by plural elongated warp knuckles and two short weft knuckles on the web facing side.