Rolled bath tissue product for children

Abstract

A rolled tissue product that can help a child's progress in the toilet training process is generally disclosed. The rolled tissue product can have a pattern, located on the tissue web, such that the pattern helps the child determine the appropriate amount of bath tissue that should be used. Also, some perforations in the tissue web can be weaker than other perforations to help the child cleanly tear the appropriate amount of bath tissue from the roll. Some of the perforations in the tissue web can have visual cues to indicate where the perforation is located.

1 . A rolled tissue product comprising: 
 a tissue web spirally wound onto a roll, said tissue web defining a first surface, said tissue web formed from tissue sheets separated by perforations along said tissue web; and    a repeating pattern located on said first surface, said pattern comprising characters, said pattern extending over a distance of from about 2 to about 5 tissue sheets before repeating, wherein said characters within said pattern are unregistered with respect to the perforations extended over by said pattern.    
     
     
         2 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 1 , wherein said repeating pattern comprises consecutive alphanumeric characters.  
     
     
         3 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 1 , wherein a perforation is registered between each repeating unregistered pattern.  
     
     
         4 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 3 , wherein said perforation registered between each pattern is weaker than other perforations located on said web.  
     
     
         5 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 3 , comprising a visual cue indicating where said perforation registered between each pattern is located.  
     
     
         6 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 1 , wherein each said pattern extends over about 3 tissue sheets.  
     
     
         7 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 1 , wherein each said pattern extends over about 4 tissue sheets.  
     
     
         8 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 1 , wherein each said pattern comprises different characters arranged such that no two adjacent characters are identical throughout said tissue web.  
     
     
         9 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 1 , wherein said tissue sheets are standard bath tissue sheets.  
     
     
         10 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 1 , wherein each said pattern extends for a length from about 8 inches to about 20 inches.  
     
     
         11 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 1 , further comprising instructions explaining to a parent how to use the rolled tissue product to help a child learn the appropriate amount of tissue web to use.  
     
     
         12 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 11 , wherein said instructions are provided in the form of an insert located within the roll, an insert into a package containing the rolled tissue product, a removable sheet adhered to an outside surface of a package containing the rolled tissue product, or instructions printed onto an outer surface of a package containing the rolled tissue product.  
     
     
         13 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 1 , wherein each said repeating pattern has been digitally printed onto said tissue web such that no two identical characters in adjacent patterns comprise the same color.  
     
     
         14 . A rolled tissue product comprising: 
 a tissue web spirally wound onto a roll, said tissue web defining a first surface, said tissue web formed from tissue sheets separated by perforations along said tissue web; and    a design located on said first surface, said design comprising, groups, each said group comprising a repeating character, wherein each said group comprises a different repeating character than the adjacent groups on said tissue web, each said group extending over a distance of from about 2 to about 5 tissue sheets.    
     
     
         15 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 14 , wherein each said group comprises a repeating alphanumeric character, wherein said groups are oriented such that said design comprises groups of consecutive alphanumeric characters.  
     
     
         16 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 15 , wherein no two groups of alphanumeric characters are the same throughout said tissue web.  
     
     
         17 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 14 , wherein a perforation is registered between each group.  
     
     
         18 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 17 , wherein said perforation registered between each group is weaker than other perforations located on said web.  
     
     
         19 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 17 , comprising a visual cue indicating where said perforation registered between each group is located.  
     
     
         20 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 14 , wherein said characters within each said group are unregistered with respect to the perforations extended over by each said group.  
     
     
         21 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 14 , wherein each said group extends over about 3 tissue sheets.  
     
     
         22 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 14 , wherein each said group extends over about 4 tissue sheets.  
     
     
         23 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 14 , wherein each said group extends over a distance from about 8 inches to about 20 inches.  
     
     
         24 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 14 , wherein said tissue sheets are standard bath tissue sheets.  
     
     
         25 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 14 , further comprising instructions to a parent explaining how to use the rolled tissue product to help a child learn the appropriate amount of tissue web to use.  
     
     
         26 . A rolled tissue product comprising 
 a tissue web spirally wound onto a roll, said tissue web formed from tissue sheets separated by perforations along said tissue web, wherein a portion of said perforations are weaker than the other perforations, said weaker perforations being spaced apart from each other such that at least one other perforation is located between each said weaker perforation.    
     
     
         27 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 26 , wherein said weaker perforations have less than 60% of the strength of the other perforations in the tissue web.  
     
     
         28 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 26 , wherein said weaker perforations are spaced apart at a repeating distance from each other.  
     
     
         29 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 26 , wherein said weaker perforations are spaced every third perforation along the tissue web.  
     
     
         30 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 26 , wherein said weaker perforations are spaced every fourth perforation along the tissue web.  
     
     
         31 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 26 , comprising a visual cue associated with said weaker perforation to help distinguish said weaker perforation from the other perforations.  
     
     
         32 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 26 , wherein said tissue web defines a first surface, the rolled tissue product further comprising a pattern located on said first surface to distinguish said weaker perforations from the other perforations.  
     
     
         33 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 32 , wherein said pattern is a repeating pattern, said pattern comprising characters, said pattern extending over a distance of from about 2 to about 5 tissue sheets before repeating, each said weaker perforation being registered between each said repeating pattern.  
     
     
         34 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 32 , wherein said pattern comprises groups of repeating characters, wherein no two adjacent groups comprise the same character, said groups extending over a distance of from about 2 to about 5 tissue sheets, said groups being registered with respect to the weaker perforations such that a weaker perforation is located between each group.  
     
     
         35 . A rolled tissue product as in  claim 26 , wherein further comprising instructions to a parent that explain how to use the rolled tissue product to help train a child to learn the appropriate amount of tissue web to use.  
     
     
         36 . A method for preparing a rolled tissue product comprising 
 forming an aqueous suspension of papermaking fibers;    depositing the aqueous suspension of papermaking fibers onto a forming fabric, an impression fabric, or a through air dryer fabric to form a web;    dewatering and drying the web to form a paper sheet;    wherein a pattern is formed onto the paper sheet during the forming, depositing, or dewatering steps, wherein the pattern has characters, and wherein the pattern can help a child determine the appropriate amount of bath tissue to use;    perforating the paper sheet into tissue sheets; and    converting the paper sheet into a rolled bath tissue product.    
     
     
         37 . The method of  claim 36 , wherein the characters within the pattern are unregistered with respect to the perforations extended over by the pattern.  
     
     
         38 . The method of  claim 36 , wherein the rolled bath tissue product is manufactured at a speed of greater than about 500 feet per minute.  
     
     
         39 . The method of  claim 36 , wherein the rolled bath tissue product is manufactured at a speed of greater than about 1500 feet per minute.  
     
     
         40 . The method of  claim 36 , wherein the pattern formed on the paper sheet is created by the forming fabric, the impression fabric, or the through air dryer fabric.