Patent ID: 7811648

Claim:
A roll of multi-ply tissue product comprising a plurality of sheets of multi-ply tissue product, each sheet separated from the others by lines of perforation, wherein; a. 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, b. the distal portion of the initial sheet being folded inwardly, thereby forming a folded exterior ply having a fold extending across the medial portion, said distal portion of the initial sheet having a folded interior ply nested in-between, c. an adhesive bond extending 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; d. said adhesive bond penetrating 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; e. said adhesive bond penetrating inwardly through the exterior ply of the next interior sheet of multi-ply tissue inwardly adjacent said adhesive bond adhering said exterior ply of the next interior sheet to the interior ply thereof; f. the area over which said adhesive bond extends neither spanning nor adjoining a line of perforation joining sheets in the initial four sheets of the roll of multi-ply tissue product; and g, the medial portion of the initial sheet comprises a folded tail tab having a dry tensile strength of at least 1 ½ 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.