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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2005
Krzysztof Andrzej Szymonski, Neenah, WI (US);
Daphne Lynn Vanburen, Greenville, WI (US);
Sara Marie Etheridge, Menasha, WI (US);
Krzysztof Andrzej Szymonski, Neenah, WI (US);
Daphne Lynn VanBuren, Greenville, WI (US);
Sara Marie Etheridge, Menasha, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A dispenser for dispensing interfolded disposable sheets is disclosed. The dispenser includes a removable panel that is attached to the first sheet in the stack contained in the container. When the removable panel is pulled off the container, the first sheet in the stack is partially or completely withdrawn from the container. The removable panel may be adhered to the first sheet using an adhesive material. The adhesive material may be contained in a recess formed in the removable panel. The recess is designed to protect the adhesive material during manufacture of the product and/or to prevent the adhesive material to adhering to other portions of the product. In one embodiment, after the stack of sheets are loaded into the dispenser, the recess is inverted forming a protrusion that contacts the first sheet in the stack and forms a bond between the removable panel and the first sheet.