Tissue products having substantially equal machine direction and cross-machine direction mechanical properties
View Patent ↗A tissue product having a combination of substantially equal tensile energy absorbed (TEA) in the machine direction and the cross-machine direction of the tissue sheet and a significant level of stretch in both directions provides improved perception of strength and resistance to “poke through” in use.
1. A tissue sheet having a three-dimensional surface topography, an MD/CD TEA ratio of from about 0.8 to about 1.2 and a CD stretch of about 5 percent or greater.
2. The tissue of claim 1 wherein the MD/CD TEA ratio is from about 0.9 to about 1.1.
3. The tissue sheet of claim 1 having a geometric mean tensile strength of from about 500 to about 1500 grams per 3 inches of width.
4. The tissue sheet of claim 1 having a geometric mean tensile strength of from about 550 to about 1200 grams per 3 inches of width.
5. The tissue sheet of claim 1 having a geometric mean tensile strength of from about 600 to about 1000 grams per 3 inches of width.
6. The tissue sheet of claim 1 having a geometric mean tensile strength of from about 600 to about 900 grams per 3 inches of width.
7. The tissue sheet of claim 1 having a GM TEA of from 2 to about 10 gram-centimeters per square centimeter.
8. The tissue sheet of claim 1 having a GM TEA of from about 2 to about 8 gram-centimeters per square centimeter.
9. The tissue sheet of claim 1 having a GM TEA of from about 2 to about 5 gram-centimeters per square centimeter.
10. The tissue sheet of claim 1 having a GM TEA of from about 2 to about 4 gram-centimeters per square centimeter.
11. The tissue sheet of claim 1 having an MD stretch of about 3 percent or greater.
12. The tissue sheet of claim 1 having an MD stretch of about 5 percent or greater.
13. The tissue sheet of claim 1 having an MD stretch of from about 3 to about 30 percent.
14. The tissue sheet of claim 1 having an MD stretch of from about 3 to about 25 percent.
15. The tissue sheet of claim 1 having an MD stretch of from about 3 to about 15 percent.
16. The tissue sheet of claim 1 having an MD stretch of from about 3 to about 10 percent.
17. The tissue sheet of claim 1 wherein the CD stretch is from about 5 to about 20 percent.
18. The tissue sheet of claim 1 wherein the CD stretch is from about 5 to about 15 percent.
19. The tissue sheet of claim 1 wherein the CD stretch is from about 5 to about 10 percent.
20. The tissue sheet of claim 1 having a CD stretch which is greater than the MD stretch.
21. A tissue sheet of claim 1 having a Normalized Burst Strength of from about 20 to about 40 centimeters.
22. The tissue sheet of claim 21 having a Normalized Burst Strength of from about 20 to about 35 centimeters.
23. The tissue sheet of claim 21 having a Normalized Burst Strength of from about 25 to about 35 centimeters.
24. The tissue sheet of claim 21 having a Normalized Burst Strength of from about 25 to about 30 centimeters.
25. A bath tissue sheet having a three-dimensional surface topography, an MD/CD TEA ratio of from about 0.8 to about 1.2, a Normalized Burst Strength of from about 20 to about 40 centimeters, a CD stretch of from about 5 to about 20 percent, an MD stretch of from about 3 to about 30 percent, a GMT of from about 500 to about 1500 grams per 3 inches of width and a GM TEA of from about 2 to about 10 gram-centimeters per square centimeter.
26. The bath tissue sheet of claim 25 having an MD/CD TEA ratio of from about 0.9 to about 1.1.
27. The bath tissue sheet of claim 25 having an MD/CD TEA ratio of about 1.0.
28. The bath tissue sheet of claim 25 having a Normalized Burst Strength of from about 20 to about 35 centimeters.
29. The bath tissue sheet of claim 25 having a Normalized Burst Strength of from about 25 to about 35 centimeters.
30. The bath tissue sheet of claim 25 having a Normalized Burst Strength of from about 250 to about 30 centimeters.