This invention is directed to an improved forming fabric for papermaking machines having a transverse nonwoven sheet contact layer adhered to a base fabric layer, the fluid flow passageways between adjacent structural members in the nonwoven sheet contact layer being smaller than the fluid flow passageways...http://www.google.de/patents/US5077116?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5077116 - Forming fabric having a nonwoven surface coating
