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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2019
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Kayla Elizabeth Rouse, Appleton, WI (US);
Richard Louis Underhill, Neenah, WI (US);
David John Paulson, Appleton, WI (US);
Felicia Marie Sauer, Greenville, WI (US);
Thomas Gerard Shannon, Neenah, WI (US);
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
Soft, durable and bulky tissue products comprising non-wood fibers and more particularly high yield hesperaloe pulp fibers are disclosed. The tissue products preferably comprise at least about 5 percent, by weight of the product, high yield hesperaloe pulp fiber and have relatively modest tensile strengths, such as a geometric mean tensile (GMT) greater than about 1,000 g/3″, and improved durability and cross-machine direction (CD) properties, such as a CD Stretch greater than about 10 percent. Additionally, at the foregoing tensile strengths the products are not overly stiff. For example the tissue products may have a Stiffness Index less than about 10.0.