Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.

Bart John Rabas

Leslie Thomas Long

Kenneth John Zwick

Cynthia Watts Henderson

Paul Kerner Pauling

Peter Booth

Dennis Edward Fryer

Michelle Lynn Seabaugh

Mark Anthony Barnes

Kyle John Schuman

Alan Whiting

John Fitzgerald Janz

Stephanie Marie Stoddart

A compressible package having pair of scored sidewalls, which facilitate compression of the package into a wedge shape for storage in narrow recesses. Optionally, the compressible package may include a scored bottom flap wherein the bottom portion of the sidewalls and the bottom flap are shaped such that when the carton is compressed by a user the resulting shape of the bottom flap complements the shape of the sidewalls, maintaining a substantially closed carton. Preferably the compressible package is a carton for storing and dispensing tissue and the carton assumes a wedge shape, which allows the carton to be fit into tight spaces, such as between the seat and the center console of the automobile while maintaining a substantially closed carton.

Compressible tissue carton

In order to improve the reliability of cleanly dispensing the first tissue in a pop-up dispensing tissue container, a relatively high strength sacrificial top sheet is interfolded with the tissue clip. The sacrificial top sheet is adhered to the underside of a removable surfboard in the top of the container, such that when the surfboard is removed to access the tissues, the sacrificial sheet is simultaneously removed, which causes the first tissue to pop up into a ready position for subsequent dispensing by the user.

Tissue product with sacrificial top sheet for pop-up dispensing

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Appleton, WI, United States of America

Bart John Rabas