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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2006
Leslie Thomas Long, Appleton, WI (US);
Jon Christensen, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Craig A. Blodgett, Buckfield, ME (US);
Leslie Thomas Long, Appleton, WI (US);
Jon Christensen, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Craig A. Blodgett, Buckfield, ME (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
By controlling the profile of a folded stack when placed into an oval dispenser, it is possible to reduce the compression of the folded stack by the dispenser's sidewall, thereby reducing or eliminating sheet tears when dispensing the sheet-material from the dispenser. In particular, by making the folded stack thicker in the middle and thinner at the edges, as a result of providing a variable width flat stack prior to folding the flat stack, the folded stack will better fit into an oblong or circular dispenser.