Uniquely perforated web product
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1. A web product, comprising:
- a web formed of paper or a like material having one or more plies and having a first side, a second side, a machine direction, a cross direction orthogonal and coplanar thereto, and a Z-direction orthogonal to both the machine and cross directions;
a plurality of repeating lines of weakness forming a plurality of separable individual sheets comprising a wound or rolled product, each of said plurality of repeating lines being spaced from each other in the machine direction, each of said repeating lines of weakness comprising a plurality of individual overstrained fibers extending in the Z-direction and substantially from the first to the second side of the web, each of the plurality of individual overstrained fibers being selectively located relative to an adjacent overstrained fiber of the plurality of individual perforations to collectively define a selected perforation design extending from said first side to said second side and having machine direction and cross direction components; and
,wherein the web is formed of a material strong enough to form the wound or rolled product having the repeating lines of weakness but weak enough to separate a selected separable sheet from the remainder of the wound or rolled product by tearing along one of the repeating lines of weakness defining the separable sheet.
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Abstract
Web products are disclosed which include forming selected perforation designs and patterns. The perforation designs and patterns can be formed in linear or nonlinear fashion, can extend in the cross direction or the machine direction and can be formed to complement or match an embossed or printed design on the web. The perforation designs and patterns can be formed utilizing various mechanical perforating techniques.
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1. A web product, comprising:
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a web formed of paper or a like material having one or more plies and having a first side, a second side, a machine direction, a cross direction orthogonal and coplanar thereto, and a Z-direction orthogonal to both the machine and cross directions; a plurality of repeating lines of weakness forming a plurality of separable individual sheets comprising a wound or rolled product, each of said plurality of repeating lines being spaced from each other in the machine direction, each of said repeating lines of weakness comprising a plurality of individual overstrained fibers extending in the Z-direction and substantially from the first to the second side of the web, each of the plurality of individual overstrained fibers being selectively located relative to an adjacent overstrained fiber of the plurality of individual perforations to collectively define a selected perforation design extending from said first side to said second side and having machine direction and cross direction components; and
,wherein the web is formed of a material strong enough to form the wound or rolled product having the repeating lines of weakness but weak enough to separate a selected separable sheet from the remainder of the wound or rolled product by tearing along one of the repeating lines of weakness defining the separable sheet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A web product, comprising:
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a web formed of paper or a like material having one or more plies and having a first side, a second side, a machine direction, a cross direction orthogonal and coplanar thereto, and a Z-direction orthogonal to both the machine and cross directions; a plurality of spaced apart and repeating lines of weakness each comprising a plurality of individual visually perceptible Z-direction overstrained fibers, each of said repeating lines of weakness comprising a plurality of individual overstrained fibers extending in the Z-direction and substantially from the first to the second side of the web, each of the plurality of individual overstrained fibers being selectively located relative to an adjacent overstrained fibers of the plurality of individual overstrained fibers to collectively define a selected perforation design extending from said first side to said second side and having machine direction and cross direction components; wherein each of the plurality of spaced apart and repeating lines of weakness is selectively located relative to an adjacent line of weakness to define a plurality of separable sheets comprising a wound or rolled product; wherein the web is formed of a material strong enough to form the wound or rolled product having the repeating lines of weakness but weak enough to separate a selected one of the sheets from the remainder of the wound or rolled product by tearing along one of the repeating lines of weakness defining the separable sheet; and
,wherein the individual fiber deflections are selectively located so the repeating lines of weakness each comprise a visually perceptible perforation design having machine direction, cross direction, and Z-direction components. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A web product comprising:
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a web formed of paper or a like material having one or more plies and having a first side, a second side, a machine direction, a cross direction orthogonal and coplanar thereto, and a Z-direction orthogonal to both the machine and cross directions and a repeating aesthetic pattern embossed or printed thereon; a plurality of spaced apart and repeating lines of weakness each comprising a plurality of individual overstrained fibers extending in the Z-direction and substantially from the first to the second side of the web, each of the plurality of individual overstrained fibers being selectively located relative to an adjacent overstrained fiber of the plurality of individual overstrained fibers to collectively define a selected perforation design extending from said first side to said second side and having machine direction and cross direction components wherein each of the plurality of spaced apart and repeating lines of weakness being selectively located relative to an adjacent line of weakness to define a plurality of separable sheets comprising a wound or rolled product; wherein the web is formed of a material strong enough to form the wound or rolled product having the repeating lines of weakness but weak enough to separate a selected one of the sheets from the remainder of the wound or rolled product by tearing along one of the repeating lines of weakness defining the sheet; and
,wherein selected perforation design is coordinated with the repeating aesthetic pattern on each of the plurality of separable sheets. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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