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Towel fold configuration

  • US 6,623,833 B2
  • Filed: 09/13/2001
  • Issued: 09/23/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A stack of interleaved towels, each of said towels comprising:

  • a sheet of material;

    a first fold in said sheet offset from a centerline of said sheet generating a folded sheet having a long side and a short side;

    a second fold in said folded sheet substantially parallel to said first fold creating a lead flap and a trailing flap;

    said lead flap defined between said first fold and said second fold such that said first fold presents a continuous folded leading edge for grasping by a user;

    said trailing flap defined between said second fold and edges of said long side and said short side;

    said trailing flap of each of said towel disposed between said lead flap and said trailing flap of an adjacent towel such that said towels are interleaved; and

    wherein said short side of said trailing flap is disposed so that said short side of said trailing flap is facing upwards upon a user grasping said lead flap and pulling said towel from a dispenser.

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