Napkin apparatus and method
OwnerDennis F. Reese, Mitchell V. Holdeninventors
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Abstract
A method is provided that includes peeling at least one carrier strip away from an adhesive layer of an adhesive article. The adhesive article includes a flexible substrate with the adhesive layer thereon, wherein the adhesive layer remains mounted to the flexible substrate of the adhesive article after the carrier strip is peeled away, wherein the adhesive article is operative to disintegrate when submerged in water. The method also includes using the adhesive article to adhesively mount a cloth or paper napkin to clothing being worn by a person. The carrier strip or adhesive article may include advertising and/or a coupon printed thereon, which may be taken away by the person after the meal.
Claims7
A method comprising:
- a) rolling a napkin into a roll,
- wherein the napkin is capable of being mounted to a person's clothing using an adhesive article from an apparatus that comprises the adhesive article and at least one carrier strip,
- wherein the adhesive article includes a flexible substrate with at least one adhesive layer mounted thereto,
- wherein the apparatus includes the at least one carrier strip mounted to the at least one adhesive layer of the adhesive article,
- wherein the at least one adhesive layer is operative to remain mounted to the flexible substrate of the adhesive article after the at least one carrier strip is peeled away from the adhesive article,
- wherein the adhesive article is operative to disintegrate within 30 seconds when submerged in agitated water;
- b) curling the apparatus around the roll, wherein the apparatus includes two opposed ends, wherein the at least one carrier strip extends to each of the opposed ends, wherein the adhesive article does not extend to each of the opposed ends;
- c) peeling a portion of the adhesive article away from a first portion of the at least one carrier strip adjacent a first end of the apparatus, wherein a portion of the at least one adhesive layer of the adhesive article is exposed;
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- d) adhesively attaching a further portion of the at least one carrier strip to the exposed portion of the at least one adhesive layer adjacent the first end of the apparatus to form a continuous ring around the roll.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.