Granted Patent B2

US 12,735,246 · App. 18/209,506 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Inventors: Katherine L. Schwerdtfeger (Cincinnati, OH); Joshua Thomas Fung (Cincinnati, OH); Jeffrey Glen Sheehan (Symmes Township, OH); Marlene Otero (Cincinnati, OH); Paul Thomas Weisman (Cincinnati, OH); Christopher M. Young (Cincinnati, OH); Ward William Ostendorf (Cincinnati, OH); Kathryn Christian Kien (West Chester, OH)

Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company

B65D85/671A47K10/18D21H11/12D21H27/002D21H27/007D21H27/30B65D2565/382

Abstract

Claims (34)

1 . An array of sanitary tissue products, comprising:

a first sanitary tissue product in a first package that conveys at least one selected from the group consisting of strength, absorption, softness, and combinations thereof;

a second sanitary tissue product in a second package that conveys sustainability;

wherein TS7, TS750, lint, slip stick, tensile ratio, VFS, and SST are common intensive properties of the first and second sanitary tissue products;

wherein at least one of TS7, TS750, lint, slip stick, tensile ratio, VFS, and SST of the first sanitary tissue product is at least 5% different than, but within 25% of, the TS7, TS750, lint, slip stick, tensile ratio, VFS, and SST, respectively, of the second sanitary tissue product;

wherein the second sanitary tissue product comprises a non-wood;

wherein the first and second sanitary tissue product packages are separate from and adjacent to each other;

wherein each of the first and second sanitary tissue product packages comprises a common single source identifier; and

wherein the first and second sanitary tissue product packages comprise different sub-brand name portions.

2 . The array of sanitary tissue products of claim 1 , wherein the first package conveys strength, and wherein the tensile ratio of the first sanitary tissue product is at least 5% different than, but within 15% of, the tensile ratio of the second sanitary tissue product.

3 . The array of sanitary tissue products of claim 2 , wherein the tensile ratio of the first sanitary tissue product is less than about 1.7.

4 . The array of sanitary tissue products of claim 1 , wherein the first package conveys softness, and wherein at least one of TS7, TS750, lint, and slip stick of the first sanitary tissue product is at least 5% different than, but within 15% of, the TS7, TS750, and slip stick, respectively, of the second sanitary tissue product.

5 . The array of sanitary tissue products of claim 4 , wherein the TS7 of the first sanitary tissue product is less than about 14 dB V 2 rms.

6 . The array of sanitary tissue products of claim 4 , wherein the TS750 of the first sanitary tissue product is less than about 20 dB V 2 rms.

7 . The array of sanitary tissue products of claim 4 , wherein the slip stick of the first sanitary tissue product is less than about 435 dB V 2 rms.

8 . The array of sanitary tissue products of claim 4 , wherein the lint of the first sanitary tissue product is greater than about 6.

9 . The array of sanitary tissue products of claim 1 , wherein the first package conveys absorption, wherein at least one of VFS and SST of the first sanitary tissue product is at least 5% different than, but within 15% of, the VFS and SST, respectively, of the second sanitary tissue product, and wherein the sanitary tissue product is in the form of a paper towel.

10 . The array of sanitary tissue products of claim 9 , wherein the VFS of the first sanitary tissue product is greater than about 7.3 g/g.

11 . The array of sanitary tissue products of claim 9 , wherein the SST of the first sanitary tissue product is greater than about 0.45 g/s{circumflex over ( )}0.5.

12 . The array of sanitary tissue products of claim 1 , wherein the non-wood fibers are selected from the group consisting of cotton, flax, abaca, hemp, bamboo, bagasse, sisal, jute, and combinations thereof.

13 . The array of sanitary tissue products of claim 1 , wherein the first sanitary tissue product consists of wood fibers.

14 . The array of sanitary tissue products of claim 1 , wherein the first sanitary tissue product comprises non-wood fibers.

15 . The array of sanitary tissue products of claim 14 , wherein the non-wood fibers of the first and second sanitary tissue products are different non-wood fiber types.

16 . The array of sanitary tissue products of claim 15 , wherein the first sanitary tissue product comprises abaca and wherein the second sanitary tissue product comprises bamboo.

17 . The array of sanitary tissue products of claim 14 , wherein the second sanitary tissue product comprises a greater content of non-wood fibers by weight.

18 . The array of sanitary tissue products of claim 17 , wherein the non-wood content of the second sanitary tissue product is at least 10% greater by weight than the non-wood content of the first sanitary tissue product.

19 . The array of sanitary tissue products of claim 17 , wherein the non-wood content of the second sanitary tissue product is at least 30% greater by weight than the non-wood content of the first sanitary tissue product.

20 . The array of sanitary tissue products of claim 1 , wherein the first and second packages are immediately adjacent to each other on a shelf.

21 . The array of sanitary tissue products of claim 1 , wherein each of the first package and the second package convey that the first sanitary tissue product and the second sanitary tissue product are on a same higher tier of one of strength, absorption or softness.

22 . The array of sanitary tissue products of claim 1 , further comprising:

a third sanitary tissue product in a third package that conveys at least one selected from the group consisting of strength, absorption, softness, and combinations thereof;

wherein the first sanitary tissue product is a first tier of strength, absorption softness and combination thereof;

wherein the third sanitary tissue product is a second tier of strength, absorption, softness and combination thereof which is lower than the first tier; and

wherein the first sanitary tissue product has a higher percentage of non-wood fibers than the third sanitary tissue product.

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