
A fluid filter comprising a pleated filtering medium arranged in an annulus and having axial main pleats (defined by radial score lines), oblique secondary pleats (defined by "sawtooth" score lines) at the radial peripheries of the annulus, and seals around the peripheries which overlap at least a portion of the oblique pleats; the filter tapering at the oblique pleats to an axial dimension less than a corresponding axial dimension of the main pleats.











