Abstract: A pocket separator which contains positive or negative plates in an electric storage battery, which has a closed bottom, left and right sides, and an open top. The pocket is formed of a porous separator sheet, with the facing inner surfaces of the pocket having a plurality of continuous vertical ribs, and a plurality of short, inclined ribs at the side edges, with a plurality of broken vertical ribs in the center, which engage a positive or negative plate in the pocket.