IP Library Granted Patent US 9,296,173
Granted Patent B2
US 9,296,173 · App. 13/799,451 · Granted Mar 29, 2016

Methods, systems and products involving sheet products

Inventors: Ehteshamul Haque (Duluth, GA); Chiehlung Jay Hsu (Alpharetta, GA); David L. B. Knudsen (Buford, GA); Bruce Jerome Kokko (Neenah, WI); Steven B. Mattheeussen (Greenville, WI)
Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
B31D99/00B31C5/00B65H19/2276B65H19/2292F16C13/00B65H2301/41361B65H2701/18442B65H2701/5112
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,296,173
App. No.
13/799,451
Filed
Mar 13, 2013
Granted
Mar 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Art Unit
1742
USPC
264/280
Abstract

A method for forming a tubular sheet product roll includes providing a sheet product roll having a first configuration and a void, centering a rotational axis of the sheet product roll on a longitudinal axis of a first tool, and inserting the first tool into the void of the sheet product roll to define an inner diameter of the void and to form the sheet product roll having a second configuration different from the first configuration.

Claims (9)

1. A sheet product comprising:

a length of a wound first sheet product material defining a tubular roll having an outer diameter; and

a semi-rigid core portion comprising the first sheet product material defining an outer diameter of a void portion concentric to the outer diameter of the roll, the void portion having a plurality of layers of the wound first sheet product hardened non-uniformly across a cross section of the void portion such that there is a hardened first core portion and a hardened second core portion on opposed ends of the void portion,

wherein the first core portion includes an indented portion concentric to the outer diameter of the roll, defining an outer diameter greater than the outer diameter of the void portion, and

wherein the second core portion includes an indented portion concentric to the outer diameter of the roll, defining an outer diameter greater than the outer diameter of the void portion.

2. The sheet product roll of claim 1 , wherein the first and second core portion includes an impregnated adhesive.

3. The sheet product roll of claim 2 , wherein the impregnated adhesive includes polyethylene glycol.

4. The sheet product roll of claim 1 , wherein the indented portions are flared.

5. The sheet product roll of claim 1 , wherein the indented portions are curved.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2018
From: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS LP
To: GPCP IP HOLDINGS LLC
Reel/Frame 045188/0257 →
Continuity (2)
Division 12607195 · Oct 28, 2009
Related Publication 20130225382A1 · Aug 29, 2013