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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2018
Applicant:

Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);

Inventors:

Christopher Steven LeCount, Greenville, WI (US);

Kevin Joseph Vogt, Neenah, WI (US);

Sarah Ann Funk, Omro, WI (US);

Jeffrey Dean Holz, Sherwood, WI (US);

Jason Daniel Hanke, Appleton, WI (US);

Mike Thomas Goulet, Neenah, WI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21H 27/00 (2006.01); D21H 27/40 (2006.01); D21H 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D21H 27/005 (2013.01); D21H 27/02 (2013.01); D21H 27/40 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides an embossed multi-ply tissue product that is visually pleasing and has improved physical attributes. For example, the inventive multi-ply tissue products have reduced stiffness, such as a GM Flexural Rigidity less than about 600 mg*cm, improved absorbency, such as a Residual Water (WResidual) value less than about 0.15 g, and improved wet resiliency, such as a wet elastic strain ratio greater than about 32 percent.


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