IP Library Granted Patent US 10,188,242
Granted Patent B2
US 10,188,242 · App. 15/847,479 · Granted Jan 29, 2019

Partitionable paper product

Inventors: Steven R. Olson (Menasha, WI); David A. Hoadley (Hortonville, WI); Thomas J. Daul (Oneida, WI)
Assignee: GPCP IP Holdings LLC
A47K10/16A47G11/001B31F1/07B32B29/00B32B29/002B32B29/06B65H18/28D21H25/005D21H27/002D21H27/02B32B2432/00B65H2301/5126B65H2301/5152B65H2701/1924
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,188,242
App. No.
15/847,479
Granted
Jan 29, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to a paper towel product that will capably separate from the paper towel roll as a full sheet, a half sheet or a quarter sheet. A method of making a paper towel with machine direction perforations is also disclosed.

Claims (22)

1. A partitionable folded napkin product comprising:

a base sheet having a basis weight of at least about 31 g/sq. meter;

wherein the napkin product comprises at least one fold in the machine direction; and

wherein the napkin product comprises at least one perforation line in the machine direction, MD;

wherein a ratio of a CD tensile strength of the paper to the tensile strength of a MD perforation line is from about 30% to about 70%; and

wherein at least one perforation line in the machine direction and the at least one fold in the machine direction are coextensive.

2. The folded napkin product of claim 1 , further comprising at least one fold in the cross machine direction.

3. The folded napkin product of claim 1 , wherein the folded napkin product comprises a machine direction perforation line that divides the product in half.

4. The folded napkin product of claim 1 , wherein the folded napkin product has a perforation tensile of at least about 550 g/3 inches.

5. The folded napkin product of claim 1 , wherein the napkin product is a single ply product.

6. The folded napkin product of claim 1 , wherein the napkin product is a multi-ply product.

7. The folded napkin product of claim 1 , wherein the SAT absorbent capacity is at least about 300 grams/sq. meter.

8. The folded napkin product of claim 1 , wherein the MD perforation line comprises a cut length of at least about 2.0 mm.

9. The folded napkin product of claim 1 , wherein the MD perforation line comprises a bond length of at least about 0.5 mm.

10. The folded napkin product of claim 1 , wherein the cuts make up at least about 50% of the length of the perforation line.

11. The folded napkin product of claim 1 , wherein the MD perforation line bisects the paper towel into two approximately equal pieces.

12. The folded napkin product of claim 1 , comprising

a base sheet having a basis weight of at least about 35 g/sq. meter;

wherein the napkin product comprises at least one fold in the machine direction, and at least one fold in the cross-machine direction;

wherein the napkin product comprises at least one perforation line in the machine direction having a cut length of at least about 2 mm and a bond length of at least about 0.5 mm; and

wherein the ratio of the tensile strength of the MD perforation line to the CD tensile strength of the paper is from about 30% to about 70%.

13. The folded napkin product of claim 1 , wherein the product is embossed.

Continuity (3)
Division 15162161 · May 23, 2016
Provisional Application 62166488 · May 26, 2015
Related Publication 20180132674A1 · May 17, 2018
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