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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2007
Frederick John Lang, Neenah, WI (US);
Perry Howard Clough, Neenah, WI (US);
Thomas Joseph Dyer, Neenah, WI (US);
Mike Thomas Goulet, Neenah, WI (US);
Kou-chang Liu, Appleton, WI (US);
Michael Ralph Lostocco, Appleton, WI (US);
Deborah Joy Nickel, Appleton, WI (US);
Michael John Rekoske, Appleton, WI (US);
Troy Michael Runge, Neenah, WI (US);
Michelle Lynn Seabaugh, Appleton, WI (US);
Jeffrey James Timm, Menasha, WI (US);
Kenneth J. Zwick, Neenah, WI (US);
Frederick John Lang, Neenah, WI (US);
Perry Howard Clough, Neenah, WI (US);
Thomas Joseph Dyer, Neenah, WI (US);
Mike Thomas Goulet, Neenah, WI (US);
Kou-Chang Liu, Appleton, WI (US);
Michael Ralph Lostocco, Appleton, WI (US);
Deborah Joy Nickel, Appleton, WI (US);
Michael John Rekoske, Appleton, WI (US);
Troy Michael Runge, Neenah, WI (US);
Michelle Lynn Seabaugh, Appleton, WI (US);
Jeffrey James Timm, Menasha, WI (US);
Kenneth J. Zwick, Neenah, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
Soft tissue products with a good rate of absorbency, such as facial and bath tissue, are provided by forming a tissue sheet with a non-fibrous polymeric surface structure and thereafter topically applying a softening composition comprising a polysiloxane, a fatty alkyl derivative and glycerin. The non-fibrous polymeric surface structure is created by applying an additive composition to the surface of a tissue sheet prior to or after drying. The additive composition can be an aqueous dispersion containing an alpha-olefin polymer, an ethylene-carboxylic acid copolymer, or mixtures thereof. The alpha-olefin polymer may comprise an interpolymer of ethylene and octene, while the ethylene-carboxylic acid copolymer may comprise ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer.