Kimberly-clark Corporation

Kimberly K Underhill

Mark Alan Burazin

Bernhardt Edward Kressner

Kai F Chiu

Greg Arthur Wendt

James S Rugowski

Uniformly embossed facial tissue having a continuous or closely-spaced discontinuous embossing pattern and having from about 1 to about 40 distinct individual unembossed areas per square inch of tissue is considered to be a consumer-preferred facial tissue. In addition, the embossing intensity (as determined by the Shadow Index defined herein) is preferably within the range of from about 3 to about 25.

Embossed facial tissue

Embossed tissue

Creped tissues having improved perceived softness and appearance are made from tissue webs having at least a machine direction broken line pattern of individual densified areas containing higher mass concentrations of fibers. The broken line pattern of densified areas creates a pleasing appearance and influences the creping to provide a more uniform crepe and hence improved tissue softness.

Tissue webs having a regular pattern of densified areas

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Appleton, WI, United States of America

Kimberly K Underhill