Laminated laundry product

Claim 1

A compact, through the wash laundry product comprising: a laminate of two plies of which at least one ply comprises a strong, high stretch tissue which is deeply embossed to form a multiplicity of nonconnecting cups surrounded by rims; the tissue in each cup having been stretched 15% to 100% by said deep embossing; said cups containing a laundry active, said active being selected from powdered detergents, builders, brighteners, softeners, enzymes, bleach solids, fillers, and mixtures thereof; the other of said two plies covering the deeply embossed ply forming patterned cells which contain the powder, said plies being sealed on said rims to provide said compact, through the wash laundry product; said high stretch embossed tissue originally having a dry CD stretch of from about 9% to about 25% and a dry MD stretch of from about 30% to about 60%, a wet cross-directional tensile strength of from about 78.7 to about 315 g/cm (200-800 g/in), said one ply selected to withstand the stretching and said two plies selected to survive automatic washing and drying cycles without significant tearing; said tissue having sufficient porosity to permit the laundry actives to dissolve and flow through the tissue.