High bulk tissue sheets and products
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsDouglas Wayne Stage, Jennifer Leigh Jeschke, Richard Joseph Behm, Donald John Slayton, Jeffrey Dean Holz, Mark William Sachs, Kevin Joseph Vogt, Mark Alan Burazin, Lynda Ellen Collins, Richard Allen Zanon, Joseph Walter Buyeske
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Abstract
Spirally wound paper products are disclosed having desirable roll bulk, firmness and softness properties. The rolled products can be made from single ply tissue webs formed according to various processes.
Claims20
A rolled tissue product comprising a single ply tissue web spirally wound into a roll, the single ply web having a bone dry basis weight from about 25 to about 35 grams per square meter (gsm) and a sheet bulk greater than about 15 cc/g and the wound roll having a Roll Firmness from about 5 to about 10 mm and a Roll Structure less than about 300 cm/g.
A single ply tissue web having a geometric mean tensile less than about 1000 g/3″, a sheet bulk greater than about 15 cc/g and a Stiffness Index of less than about 8.
A rolled tissue product comprising a single ply tissue web spirally wound into a roll, the tissue web having a textured background surface and a design element, a geometric mean tensile less than about 1000 g/3″, a sheet bulk greater than about 15 cc/g and a Stiffness Index less than about 8, wherein the wound roll has a roll bulk greater than about 10 cc/g.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.