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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2016
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Michael Alan Hermans, Neenah, WI (US);
Angela Ann Johnston, New London, WI (US);
Gretchen Sarah Koch, Hortonville, WI (US);
Maurizio Tirimacco, Appleton, WI (US);
Erin Ann McCormick, Neenah, WI (US);
Mark William Sachs, Appleton, WI (US);
Jeffrey Dean Holz, Sherwood, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides tissue products having a high degree of stretch and low modulus at relatively high tensile strengths, such as geometric mean tensile strengths greater than about 1500 g/3″ and more preferably greater than about 2000 g/3″. The combination of a tough, yet relatively supple sheet is preferably achieved by subjecting the embryonic web to a speed differential as it is passed from one fabric in the papermaking process to another, commonly referred to as rush transfer.