ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,353, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).
"Creped tissue products having a machine direction oriented pattern" was invented by Paul Bradford (Aylesford, Great Britain) and Peter L. Carson (Ulverston, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The creped, wet-pressed tissue products have improved physical properties such as high caliper and a low degree of stiffness. The tissue products are manufactured by molding the nascent tissue web to a structuring belt such that the pattern disposed on the fabric is imparted to the web and can be seen by the consumer in the finished product. The mold...