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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Inventors:
Michael Alan Hermans, Neenah, WI (US);
Richard Louis Underhill, Neenah, WI (US);
Kayla Elizabeth Rouse, Appleton, WI (US);
Assignee:
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21H 27/00 (2006.01); D21H 11/04 (2006.01); D21H 27/30 (2006.01); D21H 27/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D21H 27/005 (2013.01); D21H 11/04 (2013.01); D21H 27/002 (2013.01); D21H 27/30 (2013.01); D21H 27/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to soft, durable tissue products comprising Southern softwood fibers and more particularly low-coarseness Southern softwood fibers. The inventive tissue products generally comprise little or no Northern softwood kraft fibers yet have comparable or better tissue product properties such as a TS750 value (a measure of tissue softness) less than about 50 dB V2 rms and a CD Tear Index (a measurement of tissue durability) greater than about 13.