An absorbent cellulosic sheet having a variable local basis weight includes a papermaking-fiber reticulum provided with (a) a plurality of elongated densified regions of compressed papermaking fibers, the densified regions being oriented generally along the machine direction (MD) of the sheet and having...http://www.google.com/patents/US8152957?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8152957 - Fabric creped absorbent sheet with variable local basis weight