Embossed facial tissue
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Corporation
InventorsKimberly K. Underhill, Mark A. Burazin
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Abstract
Uniformly embossed facial tissue having a continuous or closely-spaced discontinuous embossing pattern and having from about 1 to about 40 distinct individual unembossed areas per square inch of tissue is considered to be a consumer-preferred facial tissue. In addition, the embossing intensity (as determined by the Shadow Index defined herein) is preferably within the range of from about 3 to about 25.
Claims23
An embossed facial tissue having an average of from about 1 to about 40 distinct individual unembossed areas per square inch of embossed surface of the tissue, said unembossed areas being provided by an embossing roll having a seamless simulated Penrose embossing pattern.
An embossed facial tissue having a continuous embossing pattern having an average of from about 2 to about 10 distinct individual unembossed areas per square inch of embossed surface of the tissue with a coefficient of variation of about 1 or less, said unembossed areas being provided by an embossing roll having a seamless simulated Penrose embossing pattern.
An embossed facial tissue having a closely-spaced distinct element embossing pattern having an average of from about 2 to about 10 distinct individual unembossed areas per inch of embossed surface of the tissue with a coefficient of variation of about 1 or less, said unembossed areas being provided by an embossing roll having a seamless simulated Penrose embossing pattern.
An embossed facial tissue having a Shadow Index of from about 3 to about 25 with a standard deviation of about 2 or less.
An embossed tissue substantially as shown in FIG. 1, wherein the embossing is provided by an embossing roll having a seamless simulated Penrose embossing pattern.
An embossed tissue substantially as shown in FIG. 2, wherein the embossing is provided by an embossing roll having a seamless simulated Penrose embossing pattern.
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