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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Janica S Behnke, Appleton, WI (US);
Scott A Baum, Fremont, WI (US);
Rodney L Abba, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
221 48 ; 206494 ;
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.