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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1997
George R Cohen, Marietta, GA (US);
Donnie Lee Gantt, Marietta, GA (US);
Cleary Efton Mahaffey, Suwanee, GA (US);
John Richard Skerrett, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Joseph Mitchell, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A coreless roll of product that is self-supporting in a rotary dispenser. The roll includes a rolled web of product that is wound throughout its diameter about a winding axis into a cylinder having first and second flat ends. At least one flat end defines a mounting hole at substantially the center of the winding axis of the coreless roll. The mounting hole has a depth and has sides generally perpendicular to the end of the roll. The sides are separated by a distance that is less than the depth of the hole such that the mounting hole is adapted to receive a plunger from a rotary dispenser. Methods of making the coreless roll are also described.