Sleeved tissue product
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsThomas Gerard Shannon, James Joseph Clark, Jr., Susan Jean Moder, Garry Roland Woltman
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Abstract
A product including two or more plies with each ply including one absorbent layer and a second opposing fluid impervious layer. The two plies are arranged such that the fluid impervious layers face each other and are positioned at the inside of the two-ply product. The two plies are bonded on two or three sides to form a sleeve or a pocket, such that a hand can be inserted between the two plies and positioned in contact with one or both fluid impervious layers. In this manner, the product is absorbent on both sides, and can be utilized on both sides while preventing hand contact with the material absorbed or picked up by the product.
Claims9
A product comprising:
- a plurality of sheets having a machine direction and a cross-machine direction, said sheets being separated by lines of weakness running parallel to the cross-machine direction of the sheets;
- each of the sheets comprising at least a first ply and a second ply in a facing relationship, the plies formed by folding the plurality of sheets such that the first ply overlies the second ply;
- the first and second plies each comprising a hydrophilic layer and a hydrophobic layer, the hydrophobic layer of the first ply facing the hydrophobic layer of the second ply;
- and
- the first ply joined to the second ply along at least one machine direction edge of the sheet such that when an individual sheet is separated from the plurality of sheets a sleeve is formed.
A product comprising:
- a plurality of sheets having a machine direction and a cross-machine direction, said sheets being separated by lines of weakness running parallel to the cross-machine direction of the sheets;
- each of the sheets comprising at least a first ply and a second ply in a facing relationship, the plies formed by folding the plurality of sheets such that the first ply overlies the second ply;
- the first and second plies each comprising a hydrophilic layer and a hydrophobic layer, the hydrophobic layer of the first ply facing the hydrophobic layer of the second ply;
- and
- the first ply joined to the second ply along at least two edges of the sheet and folded along a third edge running parallel to the machine direction of the sheet,
- such that when an individual sheet is separated from the plurality of sheets a pocket is formed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.