US 7,320,743 B2
Method of making a tissue basesheet
Charles E. Freidbauer, Marysville, Wash. (US); Michael A. Hermans, Neenah, Wis. (US); John C. Bolt, Appleton, Wis. (US); and Michael C. Johnson, Appleton, Wis. (US)
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, Wis. (US)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/648,637.
Application 10/648637 is a division of application No. 09/750407, filed on Dec. 28, 2000, granted, now 6,610,619.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/173628, filed on Dec. 29, 1999.
Prior Publication US 2005/0087316 A1, Apr. 28, 2005
Int. Cl. D21F 11/00 (2006.01); B31F 1/07 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 162—117  [162/109; 162/204] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for making a tissue sheet having increased bulk and visual aesthetics using a raised pattern felt comprising the steps of:
a) forming paper making fibers into a basesheet;
b) bringing the basesheet into contact with a patterned felt made from a water-holding substrate joined to a carrier, the carrier having the pattern stitched into it with a stitching material forming a plurality of projections, the projections of the felt being formed by the stitching material;
c) pressing the basesheet against the patterned felt to form a pattern in the basesheet; and
d) drying the basesheet.