Sanitary tissue product rolls
Sanitary tissue product rolls that exhibit novel combinations of physical properties, such as Moment of Inertia, Roll Density, and optionally Roll Diameter, such that the sanitary tissue product rolls meet consumers' needs, and method for making such novel sanitary tissue product rolls and marketing such novel sanitary tissue product rolls are provided.
1 . A sanitary tissue product roll comprising a through-air-dried web comprising a plurality of pulp fibers, wherein the through-air-dried web is convolutely wound about itself such that the sanitary tissue product roll exhibits a Moment of Inertia value as measured according to a Moment of Inertia Test Method and a Roll Density value as measured according to a Roll Density Test Method, wherein the Moment of Inertia value and the Roll Density values are such that the sanitary tissue product roll falls below a line having the following equation: y=0.0385log(x)+0.0478 graphed on a plot of Moment of Inertia in units of g*m 2 (x-axis) and Roll Density in units of g/cm 3 (y-axis), wherein the sanitary tissue product roll exhibits a Roll Diameter of greater than 8.25 inches.
2 . The sanitary tissue product roll according to claim 1 wherein the sanitary tissue product roll exhibits a roll width of greater than 1.0 inch to less than 10.0 inches.
3 . The sanitary tissue product roll according to claim 1 wherein the sanitary tissue product roll exhibits a roll width of less than 9.0 inches.
4 . The sanitary tissue product roll according to claim 1 wherein the sanitary tissue product roll exhibits a Moment of Inertia of greater than 1.50 g*m 2 as measured according to the Moment of Inertia Test Method.
5 . The sanitary tissue product roll according to claim 1 wherein the sanitary tissue product roll exhibits a Roll Density of less than 0.250 g/cm 3 as measured according to the Roll Density Test Method.
6 . The sanitary tissue product roll according to claim 1 wherein the through-air-dried web comprises an uncreped through-air-dried fibrous structure ply.
7 . The sanitary tissue product roll according to claim 1 wherein the through-air-dried web comprises a creped through-air-dried fibrous structure ply.
8 . The sanitary tissue product roll according to claim 1 wherein the through-air-dried web comprises an embossed through-air-dried fibrous structure ply.
9 . The sanitary tissue product roll according to claim 1 wherein the through-air-dried web comprises two or more through-air-dried fibrous structure plies.
10 . The sanitary tissue product roll according to claim 1 wherein the through-air-dried web is convolutely wound about a core.
11 . The sanitary tissue product roll according to claim 10 wherein the core exhibits an outer diameter of less than 2.25 inches.
12 . The sanitary tissue product roll according to claim 10 wherein the sanitary tissue product roll exhibits a Core Kinetic Coefficient of Friction value of greater than 0.10 and less than 0.50 as measured according to the Core Kinetic Coefficient of Friction Measurement Test Method.
13 . The sanitary tissue product roll according to claim 1 wherein the through-air-dried web is void of permanent wet strength.
14 . The sanitary tissue product roll according to claim 1 wherein the sanitary tissue product roll is a toilet tissue roll.
15 . The sanitary tissue product roll according to claim 1 wherein the sanitary tissue product roll is a paper towel roll.
16 . A package comprising one or more sanitary tissue product rolls according to claim 1 .
17 . The package according to claim 16 wherein the package comprises a single sanitary tissue product roll.
18 . The package according to claim 16 comprises a material selected from the group consisting of: a film overwrap, a film bag, a cartonboard, a corrugated board, a cardboard, and combinations thereof.
19 . A method for making a sanitary tissue product roll, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
a. providing a through-air-dried web;
b. convolutely winding the through-air-dried web such that a sanitary tissue product roll according to claim 1 is formed.
20 . The method according to claim 19 wherein the step of convolutely winding the through-air-dried web comprises the step of convolutely winding the through-air-dried web about a core.