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US 12,366,038 · App. 18/671,034 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Sanitary tissue product with a shaped line of weakness

Inventors: Katie Kristine Glass (Maineville, OH); Angela Marie Leimbach (Hamilton, OH); Gustav Andre Mellin (Amberley Village, OH)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
D21H25/005B26D1/085B26D1/385B26D3/10B26D7/204B26F1/14B26F1/384B26F1/44D21F11/008D21H27/004D21H27/005A47K10/16A61K8/0208B26F1/20B26F2001/4472D21F11/006
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Patent No.
US 12,366,038
App. No.
18/671,034
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A roll of sanitary tissue product comprising a shaped line of weakness, where the roll of sanitary tissue product may exhibit a Full Sheet Average Trapezoidal Tear Strength of between about 8 g and about 20 g, as measured by the Full Sheet Average Trapezoidal Tear Force Method, and wherein the sanitary tissue product may exhibit a Geometric Mean Peak Elongation of greater than about 15%, as measured according to the Dry Tensile Strength Test Method.

Claims (11)

1. A web of sanitary tissue product comprising a shaped line of weakness, wherein the sanitary tissue product exhibits a Full Sheet Average Trapezoidal Tear Strength of between about 8 g and about 20 g, as measured by the Full Sheet Average Trapezoidal Tear Force Method, and wherein the sanitary tissue product exhibits a Geometric Mean Peak Elongation of greater than about 15%, as measured according to the Dry Tensile Strength Test Method.

2. The web of claim 1 , wherein the sanitary tissue product exhibits a LWP Factor of greater than about 10.

3. The web of claim 1 , wherein the sanitary tissue product exhibits a LWP Factor of between about 10 and about 20.

4. The web of claim 1 , wherein the sanitary tissue product exhibits a Basis Weight of from about 30 g/m 2 to about 90 g/m 2 , as measured according to the Basis Weight Test Method.

5. The web of claim 1 , wherein the sanitary tissue product exhibits a Dry Burst of between about 100 g and about 1000 g, as measured according to the Dry Burst Test Method.

6. The web of claim 1 , wherein the sanitary tissue product exhibits a Full Sheet Tensile Strength of between about 400 g and about 850 g, as measured by the Full Sheet Tensile Strength Test Method.

7. A roll of sanitary tissue product comprising a shaped line of weakness, wherein the sanitary tissue product exhibits a Full Sheet Average Trapezoidal Tear Strength of between about 8 g and about 20 g, as measured by the Full Sheet Average Trapezoidal Tear Force Method, and wherein the sanitary tissue product exhibits a Geometric Mean Peak Elongation of greater than about 15%, as measured according to the Dry Tensile Strength Test Method, and wherein the sanitary tissue product exhibits a Basis Weight of from about 30 g/m 2 to about 90 g/m 2 , as measured according to the Basis Weight Test Method.

8. The roll of claim 7 , wherein the roll of sanitary tissue product exhibits a roll compressibility of from about 4% to about 7%.

9. The roll of claim 7 , wherein the toilet tissue exhibits a LWP Factor of between about 10 and about 20.

10. The roll of claim 7 , wherein the sanitary tissue exhibits a Dry Burst of between about 100 g and about 1000 g, as measured according to the Dry Burst Test Method.

11. The roll of claim 7 , wherein the sanitary tissue is a through-dried fibrous structure.

Continuity (5)
Continuation 18307031 · Apr 26, 2023
Continuation 17186031 · Feb 26, 2021
Continuation 16127519 · Sep 11, 2018
Provisional Application 62556720 · Sep 11, 2017
Related Publication 20240328093A1 · Oct 3, 2024
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