Packaged tissue products

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10233012-B2
Application number	US-201415119601-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 28, 2014
Priority date	Feb 28, 2014
Publication date	Mar 19, 2019
Grant date	Mar 19, 2019

Abstract

A unitary package including a rolled tissue product and a packaged tissue product overwrapped with a packaging film. The packaged tissue product may be disposed in a box body which is in-turn co-packed with the rolled tissue product to increase the stability of the package. The rolled tissue products preferably comprise a dry tissue web wound about a core. The packaged tissue product preferably comprises a stack of tissue sheet products and more preferably a stack of wet tissue sheet products.

First claim

We claim:

1. A package of tissue products having a top face, a bottom face, a first side face, a second side face, a front face and a back face, the package comprising a packaged tissue product comprising a cubic carton and a tissue product disposed therein, rolled tissue products and a packaging film covering at least a portion of the packaged tissue product and at least one of the rolled tissue products, wherein at least a portion of the top face, front face and back face of the package are formed by the packaged tissue product and the rolled tissue products.

2. The package of claim 1 wherein the package comprises at least five rolled tissue products and the packaged tissue product is contacted by at least three of the five rolled tissue products.

3. The package of claim 1 wherein the package includes a front width, a package front height, and a package bottom depth, and wherein the plurality of tissue rolls are oriented in an array such that the package front width is equivalent to three roll widths, the package front height is equivalent to four roll heights, and the package bottom depth is equivalent to two roll diameters and the packaged tissue product contacts at least six rolled tissue products.

4. The package of claim 1 wherein the packaging film overwraps all of the rolled tissue products and the packaged tissue product.

5. The package of claim 4 wherein the packaging film comprises an upper sealed portion and bottom sealed portion.

6. The package of claim 1 wherein the packaging film comprises a line of weakness.

7. The package of claim 1 wherein the cubic carton comprises a lid and the tissue product comprises a plurality of pre-moistened wipes stacked in facing arrangement with one another.

8. The package of claim 1 wherein the tissue product comprises a plurality of dry tissue sheets stacked in facing arrangement with one another.

9. A package of tissue products having a top face, a bottom face, a first side face, a second side face, a front face and a back face, the package comprising a plurality of rolled tissue products, a cubic box body having top and bottom walls, a pair of opposed sidewalls and front and rear walls, the front wall having an opening disposed thereon, a packaged tissue product disposed in the box body and at least partially visible through the opening in the box body front wall, and a packaging film disposed over at least a portion of the box body and the rolled tissue products, wherein at least a portion of the top face and the front face of the package are formed by the box body and the rolled tissue products.

10. The package of claim 9 wherein at least a portion of the back face is formed by the box body and the rolled tissue products.

11. The package of claim 9 wherein the packaging film overwraps all of the rolled tissue products and the box body.

12. The package of claim 9 wherein the packaged tissue product comprises a carton, a lid and a plurality of pre-moistened wipes stacked in facing arrangement with one another disposed in the carton.

13. The package of claim 9 wherein the packaged tissue product comprises a carton and a plurality of dry tissue sheets stacked in facing arrangement with one another disposed in the carton.

14. A package of tissue products having a top face, a bottom face, a first side face, a second side face, a front face and a back face, the package consisting essentially of a plurality of rolled tissue products, a box body having a bottom wall and a pair of opposed sidewalls, a packaged tissue product comprising a cubic carton and a plurality of tissue products disposed therein disposed in the box body and a packaging film continuously overwrapping the box body, packaged tissue product and rolled tissue products, wherein at least a portion of the top, front and back faces of the package are formed by the packaged tissue product and the rolled tissue products.

15. The package of claim 14 wherein the cubic carton comprises a lid and the tissue product comprises a plurality of pre-moistened wipes stacked in facing arrangement with one another.

Assignees

• Kimberly Clark Co

Inventors

• Wentz Amie Mae
• Winston-Galant Jacob Louis
• Malec Kimberly Ann
• Mcclure Lauren Spencer
• Bennett Joseph Ralph

Classifications

• B65D77/003

  Articles enclosed in rigid or semi-rigid containers, the whole being wrapped · CPC title

• B65D25/54

  Inspection openings or windows · CPC title

• B65D85/62 Primary

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

• A47K10/34

  dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means · CPC title

• B65D85/671

  wound in flat spiral form · CPC title