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AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsWilliam Ellis Bailey, Ward William Ostendorf, Anthony Paul Bankemper, Douglas Jay Barkey, J. Michael Bills, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan
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Fibrous structures having a surface pattern of a continuous knuckle region and a plurality of discrete pillow regions such that the fibrous structures that retain sufficient Surface Void Volume as measured according to the Surface Void Volume Test Method described herein during use by consumers to provide consumer desirable cleaning performance after bowel movements without providing undesirable negative impacts to softness as measured according to the Emtec Test Method and/or the Plate Stiffness Test Method both described herein, methods for making same, and molding members used in such methods, are provided.
A fibrous structure comprising a surface comprising a surface pattern comprising a continuous knuckle region and discrete pillow regions exhibiting an average discrete pillow length to average discrete pillow width of greater than 1 as measured according to the Micro-CT Intensive Property Measurement Test Method and being dispersed within the continuous knuckle region such that the fibrous structure exhibits a Volume/Area ratio at 1.7 psi of greater than 0.05 as measured according to the Surface Void Volume Test Method.
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