Patent ID: 8003554

Claim:
A clothing strip for a card flat covering, comprising at least: a belt-shaped clothing support having a front surface and a back surface; and clothing wires inserted and anchored in the clothing support, the clothing wires having free ends protruding from the front surface of the clothing support; wherein the clothing support comprises: a first elongate layer adjacent the back surface, said first elongate layer consisting essentially of a first plastic material and a nonwoven fabric insert located within the first plastic material, a second elongate layer adjacent the front surface, the second elongate layer consisting essentially of a second plastic material different from the first plastic material, the second plastic material having a thickness of 0.1 to 0.3 mm and a Shore A hardness between 50 and 70, and a middle elongate layer directly adjacent to the first elongate layer and the second elongate layer, the middle elongate layer consisting essentially of a thermoplastic material having a thickness of 0.6 to 1.0 mm and a Shore A hardness between 50 and 70.