Soft and strong fibrous structures and methods for making same
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorKhosrow Parviz Mohammadi
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Abstract
Soft and strong fibrous structures and more particularly soft and strong fibrous structures that contains less softwood fibers than known fibrous structures and methods for making such soft and strong fibrous structures are provided.
Claims17
A fibrous structure exhibiting a basis weight of from about 10 to about 120 g/m2, wherein the fibrous structure comprises greater than 50% by weight on a dry fiber basis of pulp fibers, wherein the pulp fibers comprise trichome fibers, and wherein greater than 0% and less than 20% by weight on a dry fiber basis of the pulp fibers are softwood fibers, and wherein the fibrous structure has a total dry tensile strength of greater than 500 grams per inch, and wherein the softness of the fibrous structure is at least 0.5 PSU.
A fibrous structure exhibiting a basis weight of from about 10 to about 120 g/m2, wherein the fibrous structure comprises pulp fibers, and wherein the pulp fibers comprise trichome fibers, and wherein greater than 0% and less than 20% by weight on a dry fiber basis of the pulp fibers are softwood fibers, and wherein the fibrous structure has a total dry tensile strength of greater than 500 grams per inch, and wherein the softness of the fibrous structure is at least 0.5 PSU.
A fibrous structure comprising greater than 50% by weight on a dry fiber basis of pulp fibers, and wherein the pulp fibers comprise trichome fibers, and wherein greater than 0% and less than 20% by weight on a dry fiber basis of the pulp fibers are softwood fibers, and wherein the fibrous structure has a total dry tensile strength of greater than 500 grams per inch, and wherein the softness of the fibrous structure is at least 0.5 PSU.
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