Patent ID: 8007640

Claim:
An apparatus for producing a deep-nested embossed product comprising: a first embossing member having a first surface and a plurality of first embossing elements extending from the first surface, the plurality of first embossing elements being discrete embossing elements and being disposed in a first non-random pattern; a second embossing member having a second surface and a plurality of second embossing elements extending from the second surface, the plurality of second embossing elements including at least one linear embossing element and being disposed in a second non-random pattern wherein the second non-random pattern is coordinated with the first non- random pattern; and the first embossing member and the second embossing member being aligned such that the respective coordinated first non-random pattern and second non-random pattern nest together such that they engage each other to a depth of greater than about 0.01 mm; wherein the second embossing member includes a plurality of linear embossing elements in a second pattern and wherein the first embossing elements and the second embossing elements, when engaged with each other, provide an engagement embossing pattern wherein at least one of the linear embossing elements is separated from every other linear embossing elements by at least one first embossing element; and, wherein at least one of the linear embossing elements has a first width and a second width, wherein the first width is smaller than the second width and provides a space into which at least one discrete embossing element is disposed when the first embossing member and the second embossing member are engaged.