Sanitary tissue products with superior machine direction elongation and foreshortening properties and methods for making same
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsRyan Dominic Maladen, John Allen Manifold, Ward William Ostendorf, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Douglas Jay Barkey
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Abstract
Fibrous structures and/or sanitary tissue products comprising fibrous structure, and more particularly to fibrous structures comprising pulp fibers, wherein the fibrous structures exhibit unique elongation (stretch) and total foreshortening properties, and methods for making such fibrous structures.
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A fibrous structure comprising a plurality of pulp fibers, wherein the fibrous structure is void of a continuous knuckle and wherein the fibrous structure exhibits a MD elongation to total foreshortening ratio of greater than 2.25 as measured according to the Elongation Test Method.
A fibrous structure comprising a plurality of pulp fibers, wherein the fibrous structure comprises a pattern of semi-continuous knuckle regions and a pattern of semi-continuous pillow regions, wherein the fibrous structure exhibits a MD elongation to total foreshortening ratio of greater than 2.25 as measured according to the Elongation Test Method.
A fibrous structure comprising a plurality of pulp fibers and having a wet microcontraction of 0% or greater imparted to the fibrous structure, exhibits a MD elongation to total foreshortening ratio of greater than 2.5 as measured according to the Elongation Test Method.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.