Sanitary tissue products comprising a surface pattern and methods for making same

Abstract

Sanitary tissue products having a surface containing a surface pattern having a filamentary pattern and a complementary line pattern.

1 . A sanitary tissue product having a surface, wherein the surface comprises a surface pattern comprising a filamentary pattern and a complementary line pattern. 
     
     
         2 . The sanitary tissue product according to  claim 1  wherein the filamentary pattern comprises a motif comprising a dot. 
     
     
         3 . The sanitary tissue product according to  claim 2  wherein the motif comprises a plurality of dots. 
     
     
         4 . The sanitary tissue product according to  claim 3  wherein the plurality of dots create a dot pattern. 
     
     
         5 . The sanitary tissue product according to  claim 1  wherein the filamentary pattern comprises two or more motifs that are spaced apart from one another center-to-center by at least 1.5 cm. 
     
     
         6 . The sanitary tissue product according to  claim 1  wherein the surface pattern comprises two or more filamentary patterns. 
     
     
         7 . The sanitary tissue product according to  claim 6  wherein at least one of the two or more filamentary patterns comprises a motif comprising a dot. 
     
     
         8 . The sanitary tissue product according to  claim 6  wherein at least two of the two or more filamentary patterns are spaced apart from one another center-to-center by at least 1 cm. 
     
     
         9 . The sanitary tissue product according to  claim 1  wherein the filamentary pattern is formed by two continuous lines. 
     
     
         10 . The sanitary tissue product according to  claim 9  wherein at least one of the two continuous lines exhibits a minimum width of at least 10 mils. 
     
     
         11 . The sanitary tissue product according to  claim 1  wherein the filamentary pattern is formed by at least one broken line. 
     
     
         12 . The sanitary tissue product according to  claim 1  wherein the filamentary pattern exhibits a minimum width of at least 40 mils. 
     
     
         13 . The sanitary tissue product according to  claim 1  wherein the surface pattern comprises two or more complementary line patterns. 
     
     
         14 . The sanitary tissue product according to  claim 13  wherein at least two of the two or more complementary line patterns are spaced apart from one another center-to-center by at least 2 mm. 
     
     
         15 . The sanitary tissue product according to  claim 1  wherein the complementary line pattern is formed by two continuous lines. 
     
     
         16 . The sanitary tissue product according to  claim 15  wherein at least one of the two continuous lines exhibits a minimum width of at least 10 mils. 
     
     
         17 . The sanitary tissue product according to  claim 1  wherein the complementary line pattern is formed by at least one broken line. 
     
     
         18 . The sanitary tissue product according to  claim 1  wherein the complementary line pattern exhibits a minimum width of at least 40 mils. 
     
     
         19 . A method for making a sanitary tissue product according to  claim 1 , the method comprises the steps of:
 (a) providing a fibrous furnish comprising fibers;   (b) depositing the fibrous furnish onto a foraminous member to form an embryonic fibrous web;   (c) associating the embryonic fibrous web with a deflection member comprising a surface pattern; and   (d) drying said embryonic fibrous web such that that the surface pattern is imparted to the dried sanitary tissue product.   
     
     
         20 . A method for making a sanitary tissue product according to  claim 1 , the method comprises the steps of:
 (a) providing a fibrous structure; and   (b) imparting a surface pattern to the fibrous structure to produce the sanitary tissue product.