Soft and strong fibrous structures
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsKenneth Douglas Vinson, Eric James Watkins, Dale Gary Kavalew
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Abstract
Fibrous structures, especially fibrous structures that exhibit softness and strength, sanitary tissue products employing such fibrous structures and methods for making such fibrous structures are provided. More particularly, fibrous structures that have a long fiber furnish that comprises less than 10% by weight of fibers having a coarseness of less than 20 mg/100 m, sanitary tissue products employing such fibrous structures and methods for making such fibrous structures are provided.
Claims19
A creped, layered fibrous structure comprising a softwood pulp fiber furnish comprising 100% by weight of softwood pulp fibers that exhibit a coarseness of 20 mg/100 m or greater and a hardwood pulp fiber furnish comprising 30% by weight or greater of Eucalyptus nitens pulp fibers.
A creped layered fibrous structure comprising a softwood pulp fiber furnish layer comprising 100% by weight of softwood pulp fibers that exhibit a coarseness of 20 mg/100 m or greater and a hardwood pulp fiber furnish layer comprising 30% by weight or greater of Eucalyptus nitens pulp fibers.
A fibrous structure comprising a softwood pulp fiber furnish comprising 100% by weight of Southern Softwood Kraft pulp fibers and a hardwood pulp fiber furnish comprising Eucalyptus pulp fibers wherein 30% by weight or greater of the hardwood pulp fiber furnish is Eucalyptus nitens pulp fibers, wherein the fibrous structure exhibits a softness greater than the softness of the fibrous structure in the absence of the Eucalyptus nitens pulp fibers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.