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US 10,208,427 B2Granted
Patterned tissue product
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsBenjamin Peter Sierra, Lisa Maria Kocourek
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Abstract
The present invention provides a patterned tissue product comprising a first surface with a first and a second pattern disposed thereon, the first pattern comprising a curvilinear design element having a first maximum segment length and the second pattern comprising a curvilinear design element having a second maximum segment length wherein the second maximum segment length is from about 50 to about 150 percent of the first maximum segment length.
Claims6
A method of manufacturing a patterned tissue product comprising the steps of:
- a. depositing an aqueous suspension of papermaking fibers onto an endless forming fabric to form a wet web;
- b. at least partially dewatering the wet web;
- c. transferring the partially dewatered web to a through-air drying fabric having a pattern disposed thereon;
- d. molding the web to the patterned through-air drying fabric to impart a first pattern on the web, wherein the first pattern comprises a first curvilinear design element having a first maximum segment length and a first direction;
- e. through-air-drying the web;
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- f. embossing the through-air-dried web to impart a second pattern on the web, wherein the second pattern comprises a curvilinear design element having a second maximum segment length and a second direct second direction that intersects the first direction and the second maximum segment length is from about 50 to about 150 percent of the first maximum segment length.
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