US 5,118,554 A · Interleaved towel fold configuration

Abstract

Disclosed is an interleaved L-fold towel arrangement which minimizes a number of different types of commonly occurring paper towel dispensing failures. Each towel in the interleaved stack of towels in the present invention is comprises of a sheet which has been folded in half to substantially create a two-ply arrangement. A second fold is imparted to the towel substantially to the first fold thereby creating a lead flap and a trailing flap. The lead flap begins with the first fold and thereby creates a tab end which is two-ply and which will not delaminate on dispensing. The user will thus always be grasping a two-ply product as it is being dispensed thereby minimizing tear-out and tab-out failure. The lead flap preferably has less width than the trailing flap, thus limiting the amount of deformation which must be imparted by the trailing flap to the lead flap next to be dispensed to cause said lead flap to be drawn through the dispensing opening of a dispenser.

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Dependent claims

A stack of interleaved towels, each towel comprising:

(a) a sheet;
(b) a first fold in said sheet folding said sheet substantially in half;
(c) a second fold in said sheet substantially parallel to said first fold thereby creating a lead flap and a trailing flap, said lead flap beginning with said first fold, wherein said trailing flap of one of said towels in said stack resides between said lead flap and said trailing flap of another of said towels in said stack, said first fold being continuous across said sheet to thereby present a continuous folded edge for grasping by a user.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Interleaved towel fold configuration

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Interleaved towel fold configuration

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Abstract

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