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US 2019/0099049 A1Published application
Folded tissue product
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsJessica Annette Ives Dieringer, Andrew Peter Bakken
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AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsJessica Annette Ives Dieringer, Andrew Peter Bakken
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The invention provides sheet material, such as tissue products, folded such that the first and second ends of the sheet are folded towards one another, but do not abut or overlap. As such the first and second ends are spaced apart from one another such that there is some non-zero distance between them. The space between the two ends defines a waist portion having a height dimension that is less than either of the ends of the folded product. When sheets of material are folded in this manner and stacked one on top of another, the resulting stack also has a middle portion that is slimmer than the end portions. For example, the ends may have a first and second height (H1 and H2) that is substantially similar, while the middle portion may have a third height (H3) that is less than the first and second heights.
A folded sheet product having a first panel, a second panel and a third panel, the first and second panels connected to one another by a first fold line and the second and third panels connected to one another by a second fold line, a fourth panel and a fifth panel connected to one another by a third fold line, wherein the third fold line is perpendicular to the first and second fold lines, wherein the first panel has a first edge terminating at a first vertical axis and the third panel having a second edge terminating at a second vertical axis, wherein the distance between the first and the second vertical axis is greater than zero.
A stack of folded sheet products wherein two or more of the sheet products have a first panel, a second panel and a third panel, the first and second panels connected to one another by a first fold line and the second and third panels connected to one another by a second fold line, a fourth panel and a fifth panel connected to one another by a third fold line, wherein the third fold line is perpendicular to the first and second fold lines, wherein the first panel has a first edge terminating at a first vertical axis and the third panel having a second edge terminating at a second vertical axis, wherein the distance between the first and the second vertical axis is greater than zero.
A tissue sheet dispenser comprising a flexible tissue dispenser having a plurality of walls defining an interior space and a stack of folded sheet products disposed within the interior space, the stack comprising at least two sheet products having a first panel, a second panel and a third panel, the first and second panels connected to one another by a first fold line and the second and third panels connected to one another by a second fold line, a fourth panel and a fifth panel connected to one another by a third fold line, wherein the third fold line is perpendicular to the first and second fold lines, wherein the first panel has a first edge terminating at a first vertical axis and the third panel having a second edge terminating at a second vertical axis, wherein the distance between the first and the second vertical axis is greater than zero.
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