US 8,689,528 B1Granted

Method of packaging a plurality of tissues for dispensing

OwnerSeda Gaspari, Mike H. Ananighianinventors

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Abstract

A method of adapting a plurality of tissues for dispensing, includes cutting each tissue into a rectangular shape having a length and a width; folding each tissue in half lengthwise into a first attitude having the same length and one-half of the width; folding each tissue in half lengthwise again into a second attitude having the same length and having only one-quarter of the original width; placing an even number of equally spaced, widthwise folds, in the tissue dividing the tissue into an odd number of rectangular portions arranged in a Z-folded accordion arrangement; and aligning the plurality of folded tissues in a linear sequence with one rectangular portion of each succeeding folded tissue in the sequence engaged between two adjacent rectangular portions of a preceding folded tissue in the sequence.

Claims3

Dependent claims

A method of packaging a plurality of tissues for dispensing, the method consisting of:

cutting each said tissue into a rectangular shape having a length and a width;
folding each said tissue in half lengthwise into a first folded arrangement having said length and one-half of said width;
folding each said tissue having the first folded arrangement in half lengthwise a second time thereby forming a second folded arrangement having said length and having one-quarter of said width;
placing an even number of equally spaced, widthwise folds in each said tissue having the second folded arrangement thereby dividing said tissue into an odd number of rectangular portions;
folding the each said tissue in a Z-folded accordion arrangement;
stacking the plurality of tissues with one said rectangular portion of each succeeding tissue between two rectangular portions of each preceding tissue to thereby form a stack of said tissues;
placing the stack of said tissues within a box, the box having an open slot;
engaging a portion of one of the tissues in the stack with the open slot wherein the slot presses from opposing sides on the one of the tissues;
withdrawing the one of the tissues thereby causing the one of the tissues to extend to its full length;
and
gripping and pulling in opposing directions on corners of the one of the tissues thereby fully unfolding the one of the tissues.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/931,524Filed 28 Jun 2013 · continuation in part
Priority: 8 Nov 2011
Granted: 8 Apr 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

A47K 10/42
Dispensers for paper towels or toilet paper: dispensing from a store of single sheets, e.g. stacked
B65B 25/145
Packaging paper or like sheets, envelopes, or newspapers, in flat, folded, or rolled form: packaging folded articles
B65B 63/04
Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged: for folding or winding articles, e.g. gloves…
B65D 83/0805
For dispensing thin flat articles in succession: through an aperture in a wall