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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2010
Guy H. Super, Menasha, WI (US);
Paul J. Ruthven, Neenah, WI (US);
Stephen J. Mccullough, Mount Calvary, WI (US);
Daniel H. Sze, Appleton, WI (US);
Greg A. Wendt, Neenah, WI (US);
Joseph H. Miller, Neenah, WI (US);
Guy H. Super, Menasha, WI (US);
Paul J. Ruthven, Neenah, WI (US);
Stephen J. McCullough, Mount Calvary, WI (US);
Daniel H. Sze, Appleton, WI (US);
Greg A. Wendt, Neenah, WI (US);
Joseph H. Miller, Neenah, WI (US);
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
An absorbent sheet of cellulosic fibers with upper and lower sides includes (i) a plurality of fiber-enriched hollow domed regions on the upper side of the sheet having a relatively high local basis weight, (ii) connecting regions of relatively lower local basis weight forming a network interconnecting the relatively high local basis weight domed regions of the sheet, and (iii) transition areas with upwardly and inwardly inflected consolidated fibrous regions transitioning from the connecting regions into the domed regions.