Patent ID: 8470431

Claim:
An embossed product comprising: a base sheet containing natural fibers, synthetic fibers or mixtures thereof, the base sheet having a first side and a second and opposite side; a pattern embossed into the first side of the base sheet, the embossed pattern including a decorative feature that includes at least one line element wherein the depth of the embossed pattern along the line element only decreases in a continuous manner from a first end of the line element where the line element originates to a second and opposite end of the line element where the line element terminates making the line element appear to have a decreasing line weight; the line element having a minimum depth of at least 0.005 inches at the first end of the line element and a maximum depth at the second and opposite end of the line element; wherein the line element has a width and wherein the width of the line element also decreases as the depth of the embossed pattern gradually decreases; wherein the decorative feature is formed from a plurality of line elements integrally cooperating to form an image in the embossed product; and wherein the base sheet has a bulk of at least 3 cc/g.