A wiping implement suitable for use as a bath tissue can be formed into sheets, each sheet comprising at least one ply of a paper web having a basis weight of at least about 25 lb/3000 square feet. The sheet can have a width of at least about 4.5 inches and temporary wet tensile properties. The sheet of the present invention can have an area of at least about 30 square inches. In a multiple ply embodiment, the sheet can have an optimized basis weight of at least about 42 lb/3000 square feet while maintaining nearly the same amount of actual total fiber usage per cleaning task as current premium bath tissues.

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›1.independentA wiping implement suitable for one sheet cleaning as a bath tissue, said wiping implement formed into sheets, each said sheet comprising: (a) at leas…+10

›2.↳ 1The wiping implement of claim 1, wherein each said sheet comprises at least two plies.d2

›3.↳ 1The wiping implement of claim 1, wherein each said sheet comprises at least four plies.d2

›4.↳ 1The wiping implement of claim 1, wherein each said sheet has a basis weight of at least about 35 lb/3000 square feet.d2

›5.↳ 1The wiping implement of claim 1, wherein each said sheet has a width of at least about 5.75 inches.d2

›6.↳ 1The wiping implement of claim 1, wherein each said sheet has a width of at least about 7 inches.d2

›7.↳ 1The wiping implement of claim 1, wherein each said sheet has a width not greater than about 9 inches.d2

›8.↳ 1The wiping implement of claim 1, wherein each said sheet has an area of at least about 40 square inches.d2

›9.↳ 1The wiping implement of claim 1, wherein each said sheet has an area of at least about 60 square inches.d2

›10.↳ 1The wiping implement of claim 1, wherein each said sheet has an area not greater than about 80 square inches.d2

›11.↳ 1The wiping implement of claim 1, wherein each said sheet comprises at least one ply having a macroscopically monoplanar, patterned, continuous network…d2

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428/211428/220428/219428/340428/141428/332

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