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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2019
Applicant:
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Inventors:
Bo Shi, Neenah, WI (US);
Thomas G. Shannon, Neenah, WI (US);
Brent M. Thompson, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Michael A. Zawadzki, Clemmons, NC (US);
Stephen M. Lindsay, Appleton, WI (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21H 13/08 (2006.01); D21H 15/02 (2006.01); D21H 27/00 (2006.01); D21H 27/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D21H 13/08 (2013.01); D21H 15/02 (2013.01); D21H 27/005 (2013.01); D21H 27/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a wet-laid tissue product comprising regenerated cellulose fibers that can provide 25% or less of the total weight of the wet-laid tissue product. The regenerated cellulose fibers can have a denier of less than 0.9 and a fiber length of less than 6.0 mm. The wet-laid tissue product can provide improvements in softness at a given strength.