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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2002
Thomas Gerard Shannon, Neenah, WI (US);
James Daniel Lorenz, Greenville, WI (US);
David Andrew Moline, Appleton, WI (US);
Troy Michael Runge, Neenah, WI (US);
Thomas Hampshire Schulz, Neenah, WI (US);
Thomas Gerard Shannon, Neenah, WI (US);
James Daniel Lorenz, Greenville, WI (US);
David Andrew Moline, Appleton, WI (US);
Troy Michael Runge, Neenah, WI (US);
Thomas Hampshire Schulz, Neenah, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a tissue product comprising at least one tissue sheet. Each tissue sheet comprises a first side and an opposing second side. At least one tissue sheet comprises selectively treated pulp fiber treated with at least one hydrophobic chemical additive distributed non-uniformly in the z-direction within the tissue sheet. The tissue sheet has a % z-directional hydrophobic chemical additive gradient between the first side of the tissue sheet and the second side of the tissue sheet of about 20% or greater.