Patent ID: 6896768

Claim:
A method for making an ultra soft high basis weight multi-ply tissue product comprising: (a) providing a fibrous pulp furnish; (b) forming a first nascent web from said furnish; (c) forming a second nascent web from said furnish; (d) embossing at least one of said webs between a pair of embossing rolls; (e) combining said first web with said second web to form a multi-ply web; (f) optionally calendering said embossed multi-ply web; and wherein steps (a)-(f) are controlled to produce a multi-ply tissue product, the first embossed ply having a TMI sidedness of at least about 0.45 and an embossed area of at least about 2%, wherein the multi-ply tissue product exhibits an overall TMI sidedness of less than about 0.6 and a geometric mean tensile strength of less than about 800 g/3″.