Patent ID: 7803442

Claim:
A roll of multi-ply tissue product comprising a plurality of sheets of multi-ply tissue, each sheet separated from the others by lines of perforation, wherein: the initial sheet of the roll of multi-ply tissue product has a distal portion spaced away from the remainder of the roll, a proximal portion adjoining the remainder of the roll at a line of perforation and a medial portion in-between; the distal portion of the initial sheet being folded inwardly forming a transversely folded exterior ply having a folded interior ply nested in-between and defining a folded tail tab extending across the tail; an adhesive bond extends over an area overlapping the distal edge of the initial sheet adhering the distal portion of the folded exterior ply to the exterior ply of the next interior sheet of multi-ply tissue inwardly adjacent thereto; said adhesive bond penetrates outwardly through both the distal portion of the interior ply of the folded initial sheet and the proximal portion of the interior ply of the folded interior ply of the initial sheet thence to the proximal portion of the folded exterior ply of the initial sheet; and said adhesive bond penetrates inwardly through the exterior ply of the next interior sheet of multi-ply tissue inwardly adjacent said adhesive bond adhering said exterior ply to the interior ply thereof; the area over which said adhesive bond extends neither spans nor adjoins a line of perforation joining sheets in the initial four sheets of the roll of multi-ply tissue product and wherein the medial portion of the initial sheet comprises a folded tail tab having a dry tensile strength of at least 1½ times the strength of the adhesive bond adhering the distal portion of the folded exterior ply to the exterior ply of the next interior sheet of multi-ply tissue inwardly adjacent thereto.