Patent ID: 8141595

Claim:
A fabric for papermaking, comprising: a first side layer including a plurality of first weft yarns and a plurality of first warp yarns; a second side layer including a plurality of second weft yarns and a plurality of second warp yarns; and at least one binder warp yarn pair including a first binder warp yarn pair having a first binder warp yarn and a second binder warp yarn, said first side layer and said second side layer being bound by said first binder warp yarn pair, said first binder warp yarn and said second binder warp yarn exchanging respectively said first and second side layers to which said first and second binder warp yarns are woven at a plurality of exchange points, a knuckle being formed with said first binder warp yarn and an adjacent said first warp yarn, a subsequent adjacent knuckle only being formed with said first binder warp yarn and an opposite adjacent said first warp yarn.