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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
May. 05, 1995
Richard Joseph Kamps, Wrightstown, WI (US);
Janica Sue Behnke, Appleton, WI (US);
Fung-jou Chen, Appleton, WI (US);
Darnell Clarence Radtke, Shiocton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
Paper sheets, such as tissue sheets useful for facial tissue, bath tissue and the like, are formed with a decorative pattern imparted to the tissue sheet by the forming fabric. The decorative pattern is incorporated into the forming fabric by a variety of means, such as stitching, silk screening, printing, weaving, or overlaying a fabric with a decorative pattern onto a conventional forming fabric. The presence of decoratively-shaped areas in the forming fabric, which are areas of relatively slow water drainage, cause corresponding areas in the resulting sheet to have a translucent appearance attributable to a relatively lower basis weight and/or different fiber composition. The decorative patterns are preferably formed in the outer or surface layer(s) of the paper sheet.