Rolled tissue products containing discrete overlapped tissue sheets
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Corporation
InventorsJanica S. Behnke, Scott A. Baum, Rodney L. Abba
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Abstract
A tissue product and method are disclosed in which individual discrete tissue sheets which overlap each other are wound into a roll. The overlapping provides a means for pop-up, one-at-a-time tissue dispensing. Preferably, the sheets are dispensed axially from a coreless roll. The overlapping sheets within the roll can be interleaved as well as overlapped to increase the frictional engagement between successive sheets. This product form is useful for a variety of tissue products, such as facial tissue, bath tissue, kitchen towels and napkins.
Claims45
A tissue product comprising a coreless roll of multiple, discrete consecutive tissue sheets which overlap each other in the circumferential direction of the roll such that opposite edges of the sheets in sum total define the opposite ends of the roll, wherein the sheets can be dispensed from within the center of the roll in the axial direction such that removal of one sheet partially removes the next consecutive sheet in a "pop-up" fashion.
A tissue product comprising a dispensing carton containing a roll of multiple, discrete, consecutive tissue sheets which overlap each other in the circumferential direction of the roll such that opposite edges of the sheets in sum total define the opposite ends of the roll wherein the dispensing carton contains an opening through which the individual sheets are circumferentially dispensed such that removal of one sheet partially removes the next consecutive sheet within the roll.
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