Product housing stacked body of wet tissues

• US 6,250,495 B1
• Filed: 08/04/1999
• Issued: 06/26/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Unicharm Corporation
• Original Assignee: Unicharm Corporation
• Inventors: Bando, Takeshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Noland, Kenneth W.
• Application Number:
  US09/368,612
• Time in Patent Office: 692 Days
• Field of Search: 221/48, 221/45, 221/33, 221/47, 221/50, 206/494, 206/812, 206/554
• US Class Current: 221/48
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/421 dispensing from the top of the dispenser A47K10/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 2010/3266 Wet wipes
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 2010/428 Details of the folds or interfolds of the sheets
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 45/24 Interfolding sheets, e.g. cigarette or toilet papers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 206/812 Packaged towel

Abstract

A wet tissue product composed of a stacked body of folded wet tissues and a container or package housing the stacked body is disclosed. The folded wet tissues fall into two groups; a first-group of folded wet tissues and a second-group of folded wet tissues. Each of the first-group of folded wet tissues is formed by folding a plane wet tissue in two generally along a centerline thereof to have an upper half and a lower half, and each of the second-group of folded wet tissues is formed by folding a plane wet tissue with one edge thereof upward and the other edge thereof downward, to have an upper folded portion, a lower folded portion and an intermediate portion. The first-group of folded wet tissues and second-group of folded wet tissues are alternately stacked in such a manner that the upper half of the first-group of folded wet tissue is sandwiched between the lower folded portion and the intermediate portion of the overlying second-group of folded wet tissue, and the lower half of the first-group of folded wet tissue is sandwiched between the upper folded portion and the intermediate portion of the underlying second-group of folded wet tissue, thereby to form the stacked body.

Claims

1. A wet tissue product comprising a stacked body of folded wet tissues, housed in one of a container and package,

wherein the folded wet tissues comprise two groups selected from a first-group of folded wet tissues and a second-group of folded wet tissues, wherein

each of the first-group of folded wet tissues is formed by folding a plane wet tissue in two generally along a centerline thereof, to form an upper half and a lower half, and

each of the second-group of folded wet tissues is formed by folding another plane wet tissue with one edge thereof upward and with the other edge thereof downward, to form an upper folded portion, a lower folded portion and an intermediate portion, and

the first-group of folded wet tissues and second-group of folded wet tissues are alternately stacked so that the upper half of the first-group of folded wet tissues is sandwiched between the lower folded portion and the intermediate portion of an overlying second-group of folded wet tissues, and the lower half of the first-group of folded wet tissues is sandwiched between the upper folded portion and the intermediate portion of an underlying second-group of folded wet tissues to form the stacked body, and

the wet tissue exhibits a lower adhesion at one face and a higher adhesion at another face, to another wet tissue in a face-to-face contacting relationship, and wherein

the first-group of folded wet tissues and second-group of folded wet tissues are combined such that the face of the lower adhesion and the other face of the higher adhesion confront each other at a combined area where half of the first-group of folded wet tissues and the folded portion of the second-group of folded wet tissues overlap.

2. The wet tissue product according to claim 1,

wherein an area of the upper folded portion is equal to an area of the lower folded portion.

3. The wet tissue product according to claim 2,

wherein an area of the upper and lower folded portions is about one quarter of an area of the plane wet tissue before folding.

4. The wet tissue product according to claim 3,

wherein the plane wet tissue forming the first-group of folded wet tissues and the plane wet tissue forming the second-group of folded wet tissues have identical sizes and shapes.

5. The wet tissue product according to claim 1,

wherein the container has an outlet which is positioned to confront a central facial portion of the folded wet tissues.

6. The wet tissue product according to claim 5,

wherein a single wet tissue of the second-group of folded wet tissues is arranged at an uppermost position of the stacked body.

7. The wet tissue product according to claim 6,

wherein a single wet tissue of the second-group of folded wet tissues is arranged at a lowermost position of the stacked body.