US Patent No: 6,787,000
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Fabric comprising nonwoven elements for use in the manufacture of tissue products having visually discernable background texture regions bordered by curvilinear decorative elements and method thereof
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Sep 7, 2004
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Nov 2, 2001
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10/015,859
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Abstract
The present invention is a sculpted fabric for the manufacture of a tissue web, having a tissue machine contacting side and a tissue contacting side. The tissue contacting side includes an upper porous member comprising a base with nonwoven elevated regions thereon. The nonwoven elevated regions comprise a first group of nonwoven raised elements and a second group of nonwoven raised elements, both raised relative to the base. The first group of nonwoven raised elements extends in at least a first direction and the second group of nonwoven raised elements extends in at least a second direction. The first and second groups of nonwoven raised elements are arranged on the base to produce elevated and depressed regions defining a three-dimensional tissue contacting surface comprising: a) a first background region having a set of substantially parallel first elevated regions comprising at least a subset of the first group of nonwoven raised elements, and comprising a first group of depressed regions, wherein the first elevated regions and the first depressed regions alternate; b) a second background region having a set of substantially parallel second elevated regions comprising at least a subset of the second group of nonwoven raised elements, and comprising a second group of depressed regions, wherein the second elevated regions and the second depressed regions alternate; and, c) a transition region positioned between the first and second background regions, wherein the first elevated regions of the first background region terminate and the second elevated regions of the second background region terminate.
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| 5,814,190 Method for making paper web having both bulk and smoothness | 81 | 1996 | |
| 5,804,036 Paper structures having at least three regions including decorative indicia comprising low basis weight regions | 59 | 1997 | |
| 5,820,730 Paper structures having at least three regions including decorative indicia comprising low basis weight regions | 59 | 1997 | |
| 5,904,811 Wet pressed paper web and method of making the same | 46 | 1997 | |
| 5,855,739 Pressed paper web and method of making the same | 52 | 1997 | |
| 6,010,598 Papermaking belt with improved life | 34 | 1997 | |
| 5,830,316 Method of wet pressing tissue paper with three felt layers | 26 | 1997 | |
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| 5,906,710 Paper having penninsular segments | 34 | 1997 | |
| 5,938,893 Fibrous structure and process for making same | 14 | 1997 | |
| 5,843,279 Cellulosic fibrous structures having at least three regions distinguished by intensive properties | 26 | 1997 | |
| 5,972,813 Textured impermeable papermaking belt, process of making, and process of making paper therewith | 43 | 1997 | |
| 6,039,839 Method for making paper structures having a decorative pattern | 54 | 1998 | |
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| 4,942,077 Tissue webs having a regular pattern of densified areas | 115 | 1989 | |
| 4,919,877 Process for softening webs | 58 | 1989 | |
| 5,048,589 Non-creped hand or wiper towel | 199 | 1989 | |
| 5,227,242 Multifunctional facial tissue | 92 | 1990 | |
| 5,300,347 Embossed facial tissue | 95 | 1992 | |
| 5,366,786 Garment of durable nonwoven fabric | 38 | 1992 | |
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| 5,399,412 Uncreped throughdried towels and wipers having high strength and absorbency | 181 | 1993 | |
| 5,607,551 Soft tissue | 218 | 1993 | |
| 5,501,768 Method of treating papermaking fibers for making tissue | 119 | 1994 | |
| 5,510,002 Method for increasing the internal bulk of wet-pressed tissue | 77 | 1994 | |
| 5,667,636 Method for making smooth uncreped throughdried sheets | 157 | 1994 | |
| 5,598,643 Capillary dewatering method and apparatus | 66 | 1994 | |
| 5,591,309 Papermaking machine for making uncreped throughdried tissue sheets | 79 | 1995 | |
| 5,593,545 Method for making uncreped throughdried tissue products without an open draw | 116 | 1995 | |
| 5,672,248 Method of making soft tissue products | 252 | 1995 | |
| 5,656,132 Soft tissue | 203 | 1995 | |
| 5,832,962 System for making absorbent paper products | 14 | 1995 | |
| 5,925,217 System for making absorbent paper products | 5 | 1995 | |
| 6,039,838 System for making absorbent paper products | 14 | 1995 | |
| 5,650,218 Soft treated tissue | 53 | 1996 | |
| 5,746,887 Method of making soft tissue products | 131 | 1996 | |
| 5,779,965 Double nip embossing | 44 | 1996 | |
| 5,699,626 Capillary dewatering method | 35 | 1996 | |
| 5,701,682 Capillary dewatering method and apparatus | 53 | 1996 | |
| 5,772,845 Soft tissue | 145 | 1996 | |
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| 5,888,347 Method for making smooth uncreped throughdried sheets | 56 | 1997 | |
| 5,885,418 High water absorbent double-recreped fibrous webs | 32 | 1997 | |
| 6,017,417 Method of making soft tissue products | 158 | 1997 | |
| 6,096,169 Method for making cellulosic web with reduced energy input | 144 | 1997 | |
| 6,197,154 Low density resilient webs and methods of making such webs | 116 | 1997 | |
| 5,990,377 Dual-zoned absorbent webs | 152 | 1997 | |
| 6,149,768 Recreped absorbent paper product and method for making | 31 | 1998 | |
| 6,120,642 Process for producing high-bulk tissue webs using nonwoven substrates | 84 | 1998 | |
| D416393 Embossed towel | 51 | 1999 | |
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| 5,013,330 Multi-layered papermakers fabric for thru-dryer application | 25 | 1989 | |
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| 5,223,092 Fibrous paper cover stock with textured surface pattern and method of manufacturing the same | 33 | 1991 | |
| 5,314,584 Fibrous paper cover stock with textured surface pattern and method of manufacturing the same | 58 | 1992 | |
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| 6,103,060 Method for manufacturing a sheet of paper or non-woven in a foam medium using a nonionic surfactant | 18 | 1996 | |
| D395955 Pattern for absorbent sheet material | 39 | 1997 | |
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| D382162 Paper towel product | 74 | 1995 | |
| 5,871,763 Substrate treated with lotion | 142 | 1997 | |
| D419782 Pattern for absorbent sheet material | 31 | 1998 | |
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| 5,520,225 Pocket arrangement in the support surface of a woven papermaking fabric | 45 | 1995 | |
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| 6,143,135 Air press for dewatering a wet web | 135 | 1998 | |
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| 5,330,604 Edge jointing of fabrics | 40 | 1992 | |
| 5,508,095 Papermachine clothing | 46 | 1994 | |
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| 5,391,419 Loop formation in on-machine-seamed press fabrics using unique yarns | 18 | 1992 | |
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| 5,071,697 Structure for extracting water from a paper web in a papermaking process | 17 | 1990 | |
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| 5,069,548 Field shift moire system | 65 | 1990 | |
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| 5,161,207 Optical fiber circumferentialy symmetric fusion splicing and progressive fire polishing | 13 | 1991 | |
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| 5,614,293 Soft treated uncreped throughdried tissue | 88 | 1996 | |
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| 4,741,376 Manufacturing of kraft paper | 13 | 1986 | |
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| 5,401,557 Thread-reinforced paper sheet and thread-reinforced gummed tape | 17 | 1993 | |
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| 4,588,632 Industrial fabrics | 19 | 1984 | |
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| 4,671,983 Embossments for minimizing nesting in roll material | 89 | 1985 | |
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| 4,556,451 Method of and apparatus for substantially equal compacting and dewatering of both faces of freshly felted paper web | 23 | 1984 | |
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| 5,233,733 Sheet material shrinkage apparatus | 7 | 1992 | |
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| 4,541,895 Papermakers fabric of nonwoven layers in a laminated construction | 75 | 1982 | |
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| 5,462,642 Method of forming a fibrous mat | 40 | 1993 | |
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| 4,533,437 Papermaking machine | 54 | 1982 | |
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| 5,637,106 Absorbent product for personal use | 29 | 1994 | |
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| 5,437,908 Bathroom tissue and process for producing the same | 46 | 1994 | |
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| 5,565,132 Thermoplastic, moldable, non-exuding phase change materials | 52 | 1995 | |
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| 6,237,644 Tissue forming fabrics | 61 | 1999 | |
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| 5,837,102 Perforated and embossed sheet forming fabric | 16 | 1998 | |
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| 4,423,755 Papermakers' fabric | 43 | 1982 | |
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