Sanitary Tissue Products with Free Fibers and Methods for Making Same
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsRyan Dominic Maladen, John Allen Manifold, Ward William Ostendorf, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan
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Abstract
Sanitary tissue products that exhibit novel free fiber numbers compared to known sanitary tissue products as measured according to the Free Fiber Test Method described herein, and methods for making same, are provided.
Claims19
A sanitary tissue product comprising a 3D patterned fibrous structure ply comprising a plurality of pulp fibers, wherein the sanitary tissue product exhibits a Free Fiber number of greater than 26 as measured according to the Free Fiber Test Method.
A method for making a single- or multi-ply sanitary tissue product, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. contacting a patterned molding member with a fibrous structure comprising a plurality of pulp fibers such that a 3D patterned fibrous structure ply that exhibits a Free Fiber number of greater than 26 as measured according to the Free Fiber Test Method is formed;
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- b. making a single- or multi-ply sanitary tissue product comprising the 3D patterned fibrous structure ply.
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