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Granted Patent B2
US 11,591,752 · App. 17/082,263 · Granted Feb 28, 2023

Toilet tissue comprising a dynamic surface

Inventors: Matthew Gary McKee (Cincinnati, OH); Brooke Marie Woods (Springfield Township, OH); Joerg Kleinwaechter (Loveland, OH); Atiya Jordan-Brown (Lebanon, OH); David Warren Loebker (Cincinnati, OH); Jeffrey Glen Sheehan (Symmes Township, OH); Paul Dennis Trokhan (Hamilton, OH)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
D21H19/824A47K10/16B65H18/08D21H19/20D21H19/34D21H27/004D21H27/02
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Patent No.
US 11,591,752
App. No.
17/082,263
Granted
Feb 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Toilet tissue having a dynamic surface comprising a surface material that overlays a textured web material such that the toilet tissue exhibits one or more novel properties and method for making same are provided.

Claims (32)

1. A toilet tissue comprising a plurality of fibrous elements, wherein the toilet tissue comprises a dynamic surface, wherein the dynamic surface comprises a surface material comprising a plurality of hydroxyl polymer filaments that overlays a textured first web material such that the toilet tissue exhibits two or more of the following properties:

a. an Average Line Roughness Ra of greater than 50 μm;

b. an Average Line Roughness Rq of greater than 57 μm;

c. an Initial % Contact Area of greater than 50%; and

d. a Final % Contact Area of less than 80%,

as measured according to the MikroCAD Test Method.

2. The toilet tissue according to claim 1 wherein the plurality of fibrous elements comprises fibers.

3. The toilet tissue according to claim 2 wherein the fibers comprise pulp fibers.

4. The toilet tissue according to claim 3 wherein the pulp fibers comprise wood pulp fibers.

5. The toilet tissue according to claim 1 wherein the textured first web material is a paper web.

6. The toilet tissue according to claim 5 wherein the paper web is a wet laid fibrous structure.

7. The toilet tissue according to claim 6 wherein the wet laid fibrous structure comprises a patterned wet laid fibrous structure.

8. The toilet tissue according to claim 5 wherein the paper web is an embossed fibrous structure.

9. The toilet tissue according to claim 1 wherein the plurality of fibrous elements comprises filaments.

10. The toilet tissue according to claim 1 wherein the plurality of fibrous elements comprises fibers and filaments.

11. The toilet tissue according to claim 1 wherein the plurality of hydroxyl polymer filaments of the surface material exhibit an average fiber diameter of less than 2 μm as measured according to the Surface Average Fiber Diameter Test Method.

12. The toilet tissue according to claim 1 wherein the plurality of hydroxyl polymer filaments of the surface material comprise polyvinyl alcohol filaments.

13. The toilet tissue according to claim 1 wherein the plurality of hydroxyl polymer filaments of the surface material comprise polysaccharide filaments.

14. The toilet tissue according to claim 1 wherein the plurality of hydroxyl polymer filaments of the surface material are present in a first layer of polyvinyl alcohol filaments and a second layer of polysaccharide filaments.

15. The toilet tissue according to claim 1 wherein the toilet tissue is in roll form.

16. A roll of toilet tissue comprising a toilet tissue according to claim 1 .

17. A package comprising one or more rolls of toilet tissue according to claim 16 .

18. A method for making a toilet tissue, the method comprising the steps of:

a. providing a textured first web material comprising a plurality of fibrous elements;

b. depositing a surface material comprising a plurality of hydroxyl polymer filaments onto a surface of the textured first web material such that a dynamic surface that overlays the surface of the textured first web material is formed resulting in the toilet tissue exhibiting two or more of the following properties:

a. an Average Line Roughness Ra of greater than 50 μm;

b. an Average Line Roughness Rq of greater than 57 μm;

c. an Initial % Contact Area of greater than 50%; and

d. a Final % Contact Area of less than 80%,

as measured according to the MikroCAD Test Method.

19. The method according to claim 18 wherein the method further comprises the step of perforating the fibrous structure.

20. The method according to claim 18 wherein the method further comprises the step of rolling the fibrous structure into a fibrous structure roll.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2021
From: MCKEE, MATTHEW GARY; WOODS, BROOKE MARIE; KLEINWAECHTER, JOERG; JORDAN-BROWN, ATIYA; LOEBKER, DAVID WARREN; SHEEHAN, JEFFREY GLEN; TROKHAN, PAUL DENNIS
To: THE PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY
Reel/Frame 057669/0717 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62926620 · Oct 28, 2019
Related Publication 20210123188A1 · Apr 29, 2021
Cited By (1)
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