Fibrous structure product with high softness

• US 7,744,723 B2
• Filed: 05/02/2007
• Issued: 06/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2006
• Status: Expired

• Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Original Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Inventors: Ampulski, Robert Stanley, Sheehan, Jeffrey Glen, Polat, Osman, Altmann, Markus Wilhelm
• Primary Examiner(s): FORTUNA, JOSE A
• Application Number:
  US11/799,732
• Publication Number:
  US 20070256803A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,154 Days
• Field of Search: 162/109, 162/117, 162123-133, 162204-206, 162111-113, 162/158, 162/179, 428/153, 428/156, 428/172, 428/340
• US Class Current: 162/123
• CPC Class Codes: D21H 11/12 Pulp from non-woody plants or crops, e.g. cotton, flax, straw, bagasse
• CPC Class Codes: D21H 21/22 Agents rendering paper porous, absorbent or bulky
• CPC Class Codes: D21H 27/005 relating to physical or mechanical properties, e.g. tensile strength, stretch, softness
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24479 including variation in thickness
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24612 Composite web or sheet
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/249926 Including paper layer

Abstract

A multiply fibrous structure product having two or more plies of fibrous structure wherein the fibrous structure has a Compression Slope from about 11 to about 30; a basis weight from about 26 lbs/3000 ft² to about 50 lbs/3000 ft²; a Wet Caliper greater than about 18 mils; and a Flex Modulus from about 0.1 to about 0.8.

Claims

1. A multiply fibrous structure product comprising:

two or more plies of fibrous structure wherein the fibrous structure has a Compression Slope from about 11 to about 30;

a basis weight from about 26 lbs/3000 ft² to about 50 lbs/3000 ft²;

a Wet Caliper of greater than about 18 mils; and

a Flex Modulus from about 0.1 to about 0.8.

2. The product of claim 1 wherein the Compression Slope is from about 12 to about 25.

3. The product of claim 1 wherein the basis weight is from 27 lbs/3000 ft² to about 40 lbs/3000 ft².

4. The product of claim 3 wherein the basis weight is from 30 lbs/3000 ft² and about 40 lbs/3000 ft².

5. The product of claim 1 wherein the Flex Modulus is from about 0.2 to about 0.75.

6. The product of claim 5 wherein the Flex Modulus is from about 0.3 to about 0.7.

7. The product of claim 1 wherein at least one of the plies comprises a plurality of domes formed during the papermaking process wherein the ply comprises from about 10 to about 1000 domes per square inch of the ply.

8. The product of claim 7 wherein the ply comprises from about 50 to about 300 domes per square inch of the ply.

9. The product of claim 7 wherein the fibrous substrate comprises from about 8% to about 60% of eucalyptus fibers.

10. The product of claim 7 further comprising a sheet caliper of at least about 29 mils.

11. The product of claim 10 wherein the sheet caliper is from about 30 mils to about 50 mils.

12. The product of claim 11 wherein the sheet caliper of from about 33 mils to about 45 mils.

13. The product of claim 7 wherein at least one of the plies is selected from the group consisting of:

creped or uncreped through-air-dried fibrous structure plies, differential density fibrous structure plies, wet laid fibrous structure plies, air laid fibrous structure plies, conventional wet-pressed fibrous structure plies and mixtures thereof.

14. The product of claim 13 wherein the ply comprises a creped through-air dried paper.

15. The product of claim 1 wherein the Wet Caliper is from about 22 mils to about 35 mils.

16. The product of claim 15 wherein the Wet Caliper is from about 28 mils to about 30 mils.

17. The product of claim 1 wherein the fibrous structure product further comprises a chemical softening agent at a level from about 0.05 lbs/ton to about 6 lbs/ton, of furnish.

18. The product of claim 17 wherein the chemical softening agent is selected from the group consisting of quaternary ammonium compounds, organo-reactive polydimethyl siloxane compounds, and mixtures thereof.

19. The product of claim 18 wherein the chemical softening compound is selected from the group consisting of dialkyldimethylamnmonium salts, ditallowdimethylammonium chloride, ditallowdimethylammonium methyl sulfate, di(hydrogenated tallow)dimethyl ammonium chloride, mono or diester variations of the dialkyldimethylammonium, and mixtures thereof.

20. The product of claim 1 wherein at least one of the plies has a plurality of embossments.

21. The product of claim 1 wherein only one of the plies has a plurality of embossments.

22. The product of claim 1 wherein the product is two ply wherein both plies comprise a plurality of embossments.

23. A fibrous structure product comprising:

one ply of fibrous structure wherein the fibrous structure has a Compression Slope from about 11 to about 30;

a basis weight from about 28 lbs/3000 ft² to about 50 lbs/3000 ft²;

a Wet Caliper from about 18 mils to about 40 mils; and

a Flex Modulus from about 0.1 to about 0.8.

24. The product of claim 23 wherein the Compression Slope is from about 12 to about 25.

25. The product of claim 23 wherein the basis weight is from 27 lbs/3000 ft² to about 40 lbs/3000 ft².

26. The product of claim 25 wherein the basis weight is from 30 lbs/3000 ft² and about 40 lbs/3000 ft².

27. The product of claim 23 wherein the Flex Modulus is from about 0.2 to about 0.75.

28. The product of claim 27 wherein the Flex Modulus is from about 0.3 to about 0.7.

29. The product of claim 23 comprising a plurality of domes formed during the papermaking process wherein the ply comprises from about 10 to about 1000 domes per square inch of the ply.

30. The product of claim 29 wherein the ply comprises from about 50 to about 300 domes per square inch of the ply.

31. The product of claim 23 wherein the fibrous substrate comprises from about 8% to about 60% of eucalyptus fibers.

32. The product of claim 23 wherein the Wet Caliper is from about 22 mils to about 3 mils.

33. The product of claim 32 wherein the Wet Caliper is from about 28 mils to about 30 mils.

34. The product of claim 23 further comprising a sheet caliper of at least about 29 mils.

35. The product of claim 34 wherein the sheet caliper is from about 30 mils to about 50 mils.

36. The product of claim 35 wherein the sheet caliper of from about 33 mils to about 45 mils.

37. The product of claim 23 wherein the fibrous structure product further comprises a chemical softening agent at a level from about 0.05 lbs/ton to about 6 lbs/ton, of furnish.

38. The product of claim 23 wherein the ply is selected from the group consisting of:

creped or uncreped through-air-dried fibrous structure ply, differential density fibrous structure ply, wet laid fibrous structure ply, air laid fibrous structure ply, or conventional wet-pressed fibrous structure ply.

39. The product of claim 38 wherein the ply comprises a creped through-air dried paper.

40. The product of claim 23 comprising a plurality of embossments.