Patent ID: 7413629

Claim:
A process for producing a deep-nested embossed paper product comprising the steps of: a) delivering one or more plies of paper to an embossing apparatus; b) conditioning the one or more plies of paper, wherein the conditioning step comprises heating the one or more plies of paper, or both heating and adding moisture to the one or more plies of paper; c) embossing the one or more plies of the paper in the embossing apparatus by passing the one or more plies of paper through a nip between two embossing cylinders, each cylinder having a plurality of protrusions disposed in a non-random pattern, where the respective non-random patterns are coordinated to each other, wherein the two embossing cylinders are aligned such that the respective coordinated non-random pattern of protrusions nest together such that the protrusions engage each other to a depth of greater than about 1.016 mm and wherein the protrusions have a radius of curvature of from about 0.076 mm to about 1.778 mm.