US2017325640A1PendingUtilityA1

Stackable and Stacked Absorbent Paper Product

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Assignee: PROCTER & GAMBLEPriority: Jun 27, 2014Filed: Jun 25, 2015Published: Nov 16, 2017
Est. expiryJun 27, 2034(~7.9 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Paul Dennis TrokhanGustav Andre MellinDevin William BaldridgeJeffrey Glen Sheehan
A47K 2010/428A47K 10/16A47K 10/421D21H 27/02B65D 83/0894B65B 5/00D21H 27/002A47K 10/42
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Abstract

An absorbent paper product. The absorbent paper product can be in a non-circular shape when unfolded and flattened, and folded in a stackable, non-planar form for dispensing. The absorbent paper product can be non-circular in shape when unfolded and flattened, and can be a tessellating shape or a non-tessellating shape.

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What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An absorbent paper product, the absorbent paper product being in a non-circular shape when flattened and unfolded, and being folded in a stackable, non-planar form for dispensing, the non-planar form having a first portion defining a base and a second portion defining a peak. 
     
     
         2 . The absorbent paper product of  claim 1 , wherein the peak is in the shape of a pointed tip. 
     
     
         3 . The absorbent paper product of  claim 1 , wherein the peak is in the shape of a ridge line. 
     
     
         4 . The absorbent paper product of  claim 1 , wherein the non-circular shape is a non-tessellating shape. 
     
     
         5 . The absorbent paper product of  claim 1 , wherein the non-circular shape is a tessellating shape. 
     
     
         6 . The absorbent paper product of  claim 1 , wherein the absorbent product has a perimeter, the perimeter defining a first shape when the absorbent product is in a flattened, unfolded form and the perimeter defining a second shape when folded in the stackable, non-planar form, and wherein the first shape is different than the second shape. 
     
     
         7 . The absorbent paper product of  claim 6 , wherein the second shape is non-polygonal with an aspect ratio greater than 1. 
     
     
         8 . The absorbent paper product of  claim 7 , wherein the aspect ratio is between 1.1 and 5. 
     
     
         9 . The absorbent paper product of  claim 5 , wherein the non-circular shape is selected from the group consisting of triangle, square, pentagon, hexagon and dodecahedron. 
     
     
         10 . A stack of absorbent paper products, each said absorbent paper product having a perimeter, the perimeter defining a first shape when the absorbent product is in a flattened, unfolded form, and each said absorbent paper product being in a folded, non-planar form, the non-planar form having a first portion defining a base and a second portion defining a peak, the base defining a second shape, and wherein the first shape is different than the second shape. 
     
     
         11 . The stack of absorbent paper products of  claim 10 , wherein the peak is in the shape of a pointed tip. 
     
     
         12 . The stack of absorbent paper products of  claim 10 , wherein the peak is in the shape of a ridge line. 
     
     
         13 . The stack of absorbent paper products of  claim 10 , wherein the second shape is non-polygonal with an aspect ratio greater than 1. 
     
     
         14 . The absorbent paper product of  claim 13 , wherein the aspect ratio is between 1.1 and 5. 
     
     
         15 . A plurality of absorbent paper products, each of the absorbent paper products being cut from a sheet of absorbent paper in a first, non-circular shape when flattened and unfolded, and each of the absorbent paper products being folded in a stackable, non-planar form for dispensing the non-circular shape, the non-planar form having a first portion having a base defining a second shape, and a second portion defining a peak, and wherein the first, non-circular shape is selected such that less than about 21% of the absorbent paper is unused as one of the plurality of absorbent paper products. 
     
     
         16 . The absorbent paper product of  claim 15 , wherein the peak is in the shape of a pointed tip. 
     
     
         17 . The absorbent paper product of  claim 15 , wherein the peak is in the shape of a ridge line. 
     
     
         18 . The plurality of absorbent paper products of  claim 15 , wherein the first, non-circular shape is a tessellating shape. 
     
     
         19 . The absorbent paper product of  claim 15 , wherein the second shape is non-polygonal with an aspect ratio greater than 1. 
     
     
         20 . The absorbent paper product of  claim 19 , wherein the aspect ratio is between 1.1 and 5.

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