US2195622A - Tissue packet - Google Patents

Description

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Patented Apr. 2, 1940' siren sr arss Charles 1%. Fourness, Appleton, and Kennetn a.

Harwood, Neenah, Wis, assignors to International Qellucotton Products Company, Chicago, iii, a corporation of Delaware fappiication May 16, 1938, Serial No. 20$,ib94

3 Claims.

This invention relates to packaging of tissues, especially in such a way that sheets of tissue may be readily withdrawn one by one from the package or packet without disturbing the remainder of the packet. v I

The main objects of the invention are to provide a tissue packet from which the sheets may be withdrawn one by one and which packet may be made of a small size which will easily lit in a mans coat pocket or in a lady's purse or the like of average size; to provide a packet in which the tissue sheets are efiectively maintained in packaged condition although readily withdrawable r one by one as required; to provide a packet in which the sheets are adequately enclosed so as to be kept clean and in condition for use when required; and to provide a packet of the character indicated which may, if desired, be refilled from time to time.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be understood by reference to the following specification and accompanying drawings (2 sheets) wherein there are disclosed two tissue packetsembodying the features of the invention in different forms.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a perspective showing a completed packet in a preferred form.

Figure 2 is a cross section in a plane indicated by the line 2-2 of Figural.

Figure 3 is an elevation of one side of the packet. 1 1

' Figure 4 is a perspective illustrating one step in the preparation of the sheets which are enclosed in the packet.

Figure 5 is a plan of the blank form from which the packet wrapper shown in Figures 1 to 3, inclusive, is made.

Figure 6 is a perspective similar to Figure 1- showing another form of packet.

Figure 7 is a section on the line of Figure 6.

tissue sheets may be prepared for packaging, and

Figure 9 is a plan of the blank form from which the wrapper shown in Figures G and '7 is formed.

Referring now to the drawings, the improved folds marked a, b and c, the said folds preferably being in such proportions that the area of the sheet is reduced to approximately one-half its normal area. 7

A plurality of such folded sheets are assembled together in relatively superposed relation whereupon the'assemblage is folded upon itself approximately mid-way between the opposite folded edges of the sheets. The resulting folded assem' 'blage will appear as shown in the cross section,

' Figure 2, wherein the outermost sheet has its fold, a, on one side, its fold, 1), extending across the top and downwardly on the otherside and its fold, 0, located immediately inside of the fold, b. It will be apparent that the outermost folded tissue sheet may be withdrawn from the assemblage by grasping the marginal edge portion I i .(Figure 2) of the outermost fold a, and pulling thereon to separate the outermost sheet from the pack.

Obviously, the fold, 0, may be arranged on the outside of the adjacent portion of the fold, b, so that both'marginal edge portions will be accessible, or in that case, the dispensing opening in the wrapper (hereinafter described) may be so made as to expose either or both of said marginal portions. To produce this arrangement, the sheets are initially c-folded instead of Z-folded as in Figure 4; In other words, the fold c, in Figure 4, will be turned over instead of under'the fold b, as is the fold a, and the assemblage will then be folded upon itself as already described.

For maintaining the assemblage of sheets in the described folded condition, a suitable wrapper or case may be provided. In this instance the wrapper is shown as comprising a flexiblepaper member indicated l2 formed from a blank such as shown in Figure 5. The blank is preferably slitted and creased to provide fold lines so as to form a main side wall l3, top and bottom edge walls l4 and I 5, opposite end walls 16 and 7 l1 and side wall forming flaps" and I9. There are also formed closure flaps or tabs extending from the ends of walls I and I5 and from the outer edges of the end wall portions I 6 and IT.

The blank so slitted and creased may be folded as will be apparent along the creased'folding lines to form a rectangular box or closure, the proportions of the various parts being such that the closure will be of a. size to receive snugly a predetermined quantity of tissue sheets of the size selected when prepared in the manner already explained. The side wall forming flaps .II and I! are of such-dimensions that they overlap and they may be adhesively united in the overlapping area to maintain the blank permanently in the desired box-like form. The flaps and 2| which extend from the end walls l6 and portions l8 and I9 and to be adhesively secured in the position indicated in Figure 3.

To facilitate withdrawal of the sheets from the wrapper, the top wall H is preferably provided with a dispensing opening as indicated at '22, the said opening preferably extending across the full width of the top wall l4 but being of less length than the length of the wrapper, or the corresponding dimension of the tissue sheets. The tissue sheets are preferably of sufficient length to extend from end to end of the package so that the remaining top wall portions l4l4 overlie only the end portions of the tissue content of the packet. Where Z-folded tissues are employed, it may be desirable to cut away the upper portion of the front wall I3 of the packet as indicated at 23 to increase the accessibility of the marginal portion ll of the outermost tissue sheet If desired, the back wall of the wrapper may be similarly recessed as indicated in dotted lines at 24 in Figure 5 so that less care would be required in inserting the tissue pack into the wrapper, or, in other words, so as to permit the tissues to be withdrawn even though the fold, a, bcxpositioned adjacent the back wall of the wrapper.

In Figures 6 to 9, inclusive, there is illustrated a similar packet but in this instance the sheets marked 25 are folded upon themselves to approximately one-half their normal area and such folded sheets are interfolded so that the with,- drawal of one sheet tends to pull up and make available the leading end of the next sheet. An assemblage of folded and interfolded sheets as shown in Figure 8 may be folded upon itself to reduce its normal area by approximately onehalf. When such 'interfolded sheets are thus folded the leading end portion marked (1 of the innermost sheet will extend from the approximate center of the folded assemblage as clearly indicated in Figure 7. It will be seen that if the exposed portion of the first sheet 25 be withdrawn from the center of the pack, the leading end portion marked d in Figure 7 of the next sheet will be automatically pulled out as an incident to the withdrawal of the innermost portion of the first sheet.

An assemblage of sheets such as just described may be enclosed in a wrapper of the type-already described. However, the wrapper may be simplified somewhat by omitting the end closures if preferred and substituting a simple sleeve which may be formed from a blank such as illustrated in Figure 9.

The blank form shown in Figure 9 is creased to form fold lines which permit folding of the blank to form a side wall 26, top and bottom edge walls 21 and 28, respectively, and a back wall 29. The latter is, of course, formed of two portions which overlap as clearly indicated in the drawings, the overlapping portions being preferably adhesively or otherwise united to maintain the wrapper permanently in tubular or sleeve-like form. .A dispensing opening such as indicated at 30 may be provided in the top wall and if preferred the opening may be extended downwardly into the front and back side walls 26 and 29, as indicated by dotted lines in Figures 6 and 9. Where the tissue sheets are folded and interfolded as illustrated in Figures 7 and 8, a dispensing opening in the top wall only of the wrapper is entirely sufficient, but where the sheets are Z-folded and prepared as shown in Figures 2 and 4 it would be preferable to extend H are adapted to overlap the rear wall-forming the dispensing opening into one or both of the side walls as mentioned.

It will be understood that tissue sheets of the character herein contemplated are soft and that an assemblage thereof may be compressed to a considerable extent without hindering the removability of the separate sheets in the manner explained. Hence a considerable number of sheets may be enclosed in a -relatively thin packet, Also, it will be apparent that the normal expansibilityof such an assemblage would normally cause suflicient frictional engagement between the sides of the assemblage and the wrapper to prevent displacement of the tissue sheets from an open-ended wrapper such as shown in Figure 6. Also, where interfolded sheets are employed, the fact that one of the sheets projects outwardly through the dispensing opening may assist somewhat in maintaining the open-ended wrapper in place in the assemblage of tissues.

In one practical embodiment of the invention, the packet measures approximately two and onehalf inches by five inches and approximately one inch in thickness. It will be apparent that a package of such size may be carried without inconvenience in the pocket of a mans coat or in a lady's purse of average size.

We are aware that tissue sheets have heretofore been put up in packages of various-styles and sizes and usually, when packed in small sized packages of the type herein contemplated, in the form of folders which must first be opened to permit access to the sheets. Such folder type packages do not adequately protect the tissue sheets, especially since they must be opened each time a sheet is withdrawn, thereby exposing substantially the entire content of the package, in that they are likely to become opened accidentally while in a pocket or in a purse and in that they do not afford the convenient means for withdrawing the sheets provided by the "or less permanent cover made of fabric or leather.

or other material may be supplied, such permanent cover being refillable from time to time from a bulk supply of the sheets prepared in a manner similar to either herein described. If preferred, small refill packs may be marketed especially to fit a more or less permanent cover such as referred to.

Changes may be made in the described structure without departing from the spirit of the invention, the scope of which should be determined by referring to the following claims, the same being construed as broadly as possible consistent with the state of the art.

We claim: I

1. A tissue packet comprising a plurality of tissue sheets assembled in relatively superposed relation, said assemblage of sheets being folded as a unit upon itself to reduce the normal area of the assemblage, and a wrapper for said folded assemblage, said wrapper serving to maintain the assemblage in folded condition, the thickness of the packet being materially less than the other dimensions thereof and the wrapper having a dispensing opening extending across substan tially the entire thickness of the packet but being of less length than the corresponding dimension of the sheets.

2. A tissue packet comprising a plurality of tissue sheets assembled in relatively superposed relation, said assemblage of sheets being folded as a unit upan itself to reduce the normal area of the assemblage, and a. wrapper for said folded assemblage, said wrapper serving to maintain the assemblage in folded condition, the thickness of the packet being materially less than the other dimensions thereof and the wrapper'heving a dispensing opening located on an edge of the packet and of less length than the correspending dimension of the sheets.

3. A tissue packet comprising a plursllts of tissue sheets, 'esch folded upon.- itseli into at least two folds to reduce their normal ares, said folded sheets being assembled in relatively superposed relation and said assemblage being folded asaunituponitselialongalineoi ioldwhichis substantially parallel to the lines on which the sheets are independently folded, whereby there is disposed in accessible position on one edge 01E the folded assemblage, a free edge 01' a sheet which is readily removable by pull in thedirectlon of the plane of the sheet portion having said free We, and a wrapper embracingsaid iolded assemblage for maintaining the-same in iolcied condition, said wrapper being provided

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