IP Library Granted Patent US 11,619,008
Granted Patent B2
US 11,619,008 · App. 17/159,609 · Granted Apr 4, 2023

Smooth and bulky tissue

Inventors: Mark Alan Burazin (Oshkosh, WI); Lynda Ellen Collins (Neenah, WI); Jeffrey Dean Holz (Sherwood, WI); Mark William Sachs (Appleton, WI); Peter John Allen (Neenah, WI); Kevin Joseph Vogt (Neenah, WI)
Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
D21H27/005A47K10/16B32B3/28B32B29/005D21H11/04D21H27/002D21H27/004D21H27/02D21H27/30D21H27/32B32B2250/26B32B2307/538B32B2307/546B32B2307/718B32B2307/72B32B2555/00
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,619,008
App. No.
17/159,609
Granted
Apr 4, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides high bulk tissue products, as well as an apparatus and methods for manufacturing the same. The tissue products provided herein not only have high bulk, but they also have improved surface smoothness, particularly compared to tissue products of similar basis weights.

Claims (14)

1. A multi-ply tissue product spirally wound around a core, the multi-ply tissue product having a caliper greater than 600 μm and a Surface Smoothness S90 value less than 95 μm.

2. The multi-ply tissue product of claim 1 having a caliper from 600 μm to 1000 μm and a Surface Smoothness S90 value from 70 to 95 μm.

3. The multi-ply tissue product of claim 1 having a basis weight from 35 to 60 grams per square meter (gsm).

4. The multi-ply tissue product of claim 1 having a Stiffness Index from 4.0 to 8.0.

5. The multi-ply tissue product of claim 1 having a Roll Structure from 1.0 to 2.0.

6. The multi-ply tissue product of claim 1 having a geometric mean tensile (GMT) greater than 800 g/3″.

7. The multi-ply tissue product of claim 1 having a GMT from 900 to 1,200 g/3″.

8. The multi-ply tissue product of claim 1 having a geometric mean slope (GM Slope) from 4,000 to 8,000 g/3″.

9. A multi-ply tissue product spirally wound around a core, the multi-ply tissue product having a basis weight from 38 to 50 gsm, a GMT greater than 800 g/3″, a caliper from 600 μm to 1000 μm and a Surface Smoothness S90 value from 70 to 95 μm.

10. The multi-ply tissue product of claim 9 having a Stiffness Index from 5.0 to 7.0.

11. The multi-ply tissue product of claim 9 comprising a first and a second through-air dried tissue ply.

12. The multi-ply tissue product of claim 9 having a Roll Structure from 1.0 to 2.0.

13. The multi-ply tissue product of claim 9 having a GMT from 900 to 1,200 g/3″.

14. The multi-ply tissue product of claim 13 having a geometric mean slope (GM Slope) from 4,000 to 8,000 g/3″.

Continuity (6)
Continuation 16751690 · Jan 24, 2020
Continuation 16369064 · Mar 29, 2019
Division 15486041 · Apr 12, 2017
Continuation 14358961
Provisional Application 61731651 · Nov 30, 2012
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