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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2000
Daniel J. Vander Heiden, Menasha, WI (US);
Wen Schroeder, Appleton, WI (US);
Alexander F. Gunn, North Augusta, SC (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A method for foaming a liquid-based composition, such as a softening composition, onto a tissue is provided. The foam composition can be formed in a foam generator by combining the liquid-based composition and a gas, such as air. The foam composition has a blow ratio, i.e, ratio of air volume to liquid volume, greater than about 3:1. Moreover, the foam composition is also generally stable such that it has a half-life greater than about 3 minutes. In one embodiment, a tissue product having elevated regions and non-elevated regions can be foamed with a foam composition such that the elevated regions are applied with a greater amount of the foam composition than the non-elevated regions.