Patent ID: 8361596
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: D21H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A printable sheet comprising at least one side coated with a layer comprising incompressible microscopic potato starch particles that are bulky and have a rounded shape, wherein the potato starch particles have a weight-average diameter of greater than 25 micrometers and have heterogeneous, sizes and shapes, wherein the layer forms an outside surface of the sheet, and wherein at least some of said particles protrude from said outside surface, said protruding particles defining bumps and hollows on said outside surface with a height separating them of at least 25 micrometers, wherein said particles are in a proportion of from 12.5% to 69.7% by dry weight relative to a total dry weight of the layer, wherein said layer comprises a binder in a proportion of from 15.7% to 75% by dry weight relative to the total dry weight of the layer, wherein said layer comprises fillers in a proportion of from 0% to 62.5% by dry weight relative to the total dry weight of the layer, and wherein said coated side has a rough surface feel.