Stack and method of dispensing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10144576-B2
Application number	US-201314785674-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 22, 2013
Priority date	Apr 22, 2013
Publication date	Dec 4, 2018
Grant date	Dec 4, 2018

Abstract

A stack including a plurality of sheets of web material is provided. The stack includes a plurality of bundles of substantially coextensive sheets of web material. Each bundle includes at least two sheets of web material of said plurality of sheets of web material. In the stack, the bundles of said plurality of bundles are alternatingly offset in relation to each other. Further, a method of dispensing at least two sheets of web material is disclosed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A stack comprising a plurality of bundles of napkins, wherein each bundle comprises at least two sheets of said napkins,
wherein, in the stack:
each of said napkins includes a plurality of edges;
each of the plurality of edges of each of said napkins in each bundle are coextensive, when viewed from above, to form bundle edges; and
at least one of the bundle edges of a first bundle is offset from a bundle edge of a bundle directly above or below the first bundle so that adjacent bundles do not have coextensive bundle edges, when viewed from above, and

wherein all of the substantially coextensive sheets of the plurality of sheets of web material forming an uppermost bundle of said plurality of bundles are graspable and dispensable from said stack simultaneously and orderly to the user.

2. The stack according to claim 1 , wherein each napkin of said plurality of napkins comprises a cellulose material comprising new and/or recycled cellulose fibres.

3. A method of dispensing a bundle comprising at least 2 sheets of web material from the stack according to claim 1 , the method comprising:
biasing the stack towards a dispensing opening of a dispenser,
biasing the stack against a stopper element arranged in connection with the dispensing opening,
exposing an edge portion of an outermost bundle in the dispensing opening,
grasping the outermost bundle about the edge portion, and
removing the outermost bundle from the dispensing opening and the stopper element.

4. The stack according to claim 1 , wherein each bundle of said plurality of bundles comprises 2-10 napkins.

5. The stack according to claim 1 , wherein each bundle of said plurality of bundles comprises a same number of napkins.

6. The stack according to claim 1 , wherein each napkin of said plurality of napkins is folded.

7. The stack according to claim 1 , wherein each napkin of said plurality of napkins is a separate sheet of web material.

8. The stack according to claim 1 , wherein the napkins of said plurality of napkins are identically shaped, or have mirror-inverted shapes.

9. The stack according to claim 1 , wherein each napkin of said plurality of napkins, as arranged in the stack, has four straight edges, and wherein two opposite of the four straight edge portions of each napkin of said plurality of napkins are aligned along two parallel planes in the stack.

10. The stack according to claim 9 , wherein each napkin of said plurality of napkins is rectangular.

11. The stack according to claim 1 , further comprising a wrapping provided around the stack for holding the plurality of napkins together.

12. The stack according to claim 11 , wherein the stack comprises six sides, and wherein the wrapping is provided around at least four sides of the six sides of the stack, including two sides extending along two parallel planes in the stack.

13. The stack according to claim 12 , wherein the wrapping is provided around the six sides of the stack.

14. The stack according to claim 1 , wherein each napkins of said plurality of napkins has an extension along a first direction, and wherein the adjacent bundles are offset along the first direction.

15. The stack according to claim 14 , wherein two adjacent bundles of the plurality of bundles are offset 0.5-5 cm along the first direction.

16. A stack comprising a plurality of bundles of napkins, wherein each bundle comprises at least two sheets of said napkins,
wherein, in the stack:
each of said napkins includes a plurality of edges;
each of the plurality of edges of each of said napkins in each bundle are coextensive, when viewed from above, to form bundle edges; and
at least one of the bundle edges of a first bundle is offset from a bundle edge of a bundle directly above or below the first bundle so that adjacent bundles do not have coextensive bundle edges, when viewed from above, and

wherein all of the substantially coextensive sheets of the plurality of sheets of web material forming an uppermost bundle of said plurality of bundles are graspable and dispensable from said stack simultaneously and orderly to the user, and
wherein the at least two napkins in each bundle are interleaved.

Assignees

• Sca Hygiene Prod Ab
• Essity Hygiene & Health Ab

Inventors

• Stenberg Martin

Classifications

• B65D83/0894 Primary

  the articles being positioned relative to one another or to the container in a special way, e.g. for facilitating dispensing, without additional support · CPC title

• A47K10/427

  with means for urging the whole stack towards the dispensing opening, e.g. a spring · CPC title

• B65D85/62

  for stacks of articles; for special arrangements of groups of articles · CPC title

• A47K2010/428

  Details of the folds or interfolds of the sheets · CPC title

• B65D83/0088

  Packages containing several articles intended to be suspended from a display rod, e.g. blisters, i.e. the package being used to facilitate suspending the articles from the rod · CPC title